The History Hourhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016tmg1An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.BBC World ServiceBBCRadioMusic.Support@bbc.co.ukhttps://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p016tmg1.rssenhttp://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p070k36n.jpgThe History Hourhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016tmg1(C) BBC 2019Sat, 16 Feb 2019 15:06:00 +0000nononadultIceland jails its bankersWhy Iceland jailed 40 bankers after the 2008 financial crisis, how the Maastricht Treaty gave birth to the EU, plus America's first female airline pilots, Cameroon's historic referendum and homeless, drunk and yet a genius in the USSR.
(Photo: Protesters on the streets of Reykjavik demand answers from the government and the banks about the country's financial crisis, Nov. 2008. (Halldor Kolbeins/AFP/Getty Images)Why Iceland jailed 40 bankers after the 2008 financial crisis plus the birth of the EU.Why Iceland jailed 40 bankers after the 2008 financial crisis, how the Maastricht Treaty gave birth to the EU, plus America's first female airline pilots, Cameroon's historic referendum and homeless, drunk and yet a genius in the USSR.
(Photo: Protesters on the streets of Reykjavik demand answers from the government and the banks about the country's financial crisis, Nov. 2008. (Halldor Kolbeins/AFP/Getty Images)Sat, 16 Feb 2019 15:06:00 +00003020urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqmvhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqmvcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqmvThe last days of HitlerHitler's secretary on the last days in the bunker; a CIA operative on the killing of Che Guevara, remembering the US invasion of Iraq, a child of the Soweto Uprising and the tricky task of bringing Disneyland to France.
Photo: Getty ImagesLife as Hitler's secretary; the killing of Che Guevara, and the Soweto UprisingHitler's secretary on the last days in the bunker; a CIA operative on the killing of Che Guevara, remembering the US invasion of Iraq, a child of the Soweto Uprising and the tricky task of bringing Disneyland to France.
Photo: Getty ImagesSat, 09 Feb 2019 15:06:00 +00003016urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqmthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqmtcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqmtThe Iranian RevolutionIn February 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile to Iran in the defining moment of a revolution that would change his country and the whole Middle East. In a special edition of the programme, Rebecca Kesby hears eye-witness accounts from the protestors who brought down the Shah, one of the Ayatollah's aides and an American embassy official taken hostage by Khomeini supporters. She also talks to the BBC Persian Service's special correspondent, Kasra Naji.
PHOTO: Ayatollah Khomeini returning to Iran (Gabriel Duval, AFP/Getty Images.)Eye-witness accounts from the revolution that changed Iran and the World in 1979In February 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile to Iran in the defining moment of a revolution that would change his country and the whole Middle East. In a special edition of the programme, Rebecca Kesby hears eye-witness accounts from the protestors who brought down the Shah, one of the Ayatollah's aides and an American embassy official taken hostage by Khomeini supporters. She also talks to the BBC Persian Service's special correspondent, Kasra Naji.
PHOTO: Ayatollah Khomeini returning to Iran (Gabriel Duval, AFP/Getty Images.)Sat, 02 Feb 2019 16:10:00 +00002987urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqmshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqmscleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqmsVatican II: Reforming the Catholic ChurchIn January 1959 Pope John XXIII announced a council of all the world's Catholic bishops and cardinals in Rome. It led to sweeping reforms. Plus Carmen Callil recalls setting up Virago, the most successful feminist publishing house to date; India gives birth to the call centres and remembering the Carry-on films.
(Photo; Pope John XXIII at the Vatican. Credit: Getty Images)Sweeping changes at the Vatican, plus the ground-breaking women's publisher Virago.In January 1959 Pope John XXIII announced a council of all the world's Catholic bishops and cardinals in Rome. It led to sweeping reforms. Plus Carmen Callil recalls setting up Virago, the most successful feminist publishing house to date; India gives birth to the call centres and remembering the Carry-on films.
(Photo; Pope John XXIII at the Vatican. Credit: Getty Images)Sat, 26 Jan 2019 15:10:00 +00002494urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqmrhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqmrcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqmrStrikers in SarisHow South Asian women led thousands of UK workers in an industrial dispute in the late 1970s, plus Dr Crippen's alleged gruesome crime, Judy Garland's emotional last performances, the 'miracle waters' in Mexico and excitement over a whale in London's River Thames.
(PHOTO: Jayaben Desai, leader of the Grunwick strike committee holding placard 1977 Credit: Getty images)How South Asian women led a UK industrial dispute, plus Dr Crippen and Judy Garland.How South Asian women led thousands of UK workers in an industrial dispute in the late 1970s, plus Dr Crippen's alleged gruesome crime, Judy Garland's emotional last performances, the 'miracle waters' in Mexico and excitement over a whale in London's River Thames.
(PHOTO: Jayaben Desai, leader of the Grunwick strike committee holding placard 1977 Credit: Getty images)Sat, 19 Jan 2019 15:33:00 +00003012urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqmqhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqmqcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqmqWhen Stalin Rounded Up Soviet DoctorsStalin's last terror campaign against the best Soviet doctors, Castro's triumphant entry into Havana, the extraordinary story of how a destitute single mother produced a best selling memoir about her life in a Brazilian favela. Also, the controversy over 'Fat Is a Feminist Issue', and the world's only seed vault.
Photo: Yakov Rapoport, one of the few survivors of Stalin's 'Doctors' Plot'. Credit: family archive.Stalin's last terror campaign, Fidel Castro takes over Havana, and the world's seed vaultStalin's last terror campaign against the best Soviet doctors, Castro's triumphant entry into Havana, the extraordinary story of how a destitute single mother produced a best selling memoir about her life in a Brazilian favela. Also, the controversy over 'Fat Is a Feminist Issue', and the world's only seed vault.
Photo: Yakov Rapoport, one of the few survivors of Stalin's 'Doctors' Plot'. Credit: family archive.Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:45:00 +00002995urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqmphttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqmpcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqmpVikings in North AmericaThe discovery that proved the Vikings got to North America, a former Marxist rebel describes how his group overran an army base in El Salvador's bitter civil war in the 1980s, the enormous palace built by the Romanian communist dictator, Nicole Ceausescu, how the prolific romantic novelist Barbara Cartland was made a Dame by the Queen and the summer of 1987 when thousands of tins of marijuana washed up on a Brazilian beach.
Photo: Replicas of Norse houses from 1000 years ago at L'Anse aux Meadows. (LightRocket/Getty Images)Exciting discovery in Canada plus a rebel attack in Central America and Brazilian booty.The discovery that proved the Vikings got to North America, a former Marxist rebel describes how his group overran an army base in El Salvador's bitter civil war in the 1980s, the enormous palace built by the Romanian communist dictator, Nicole Ceausescu, how the prolific romantic novelist Barbara Cartland was made a Dame by the Queen and the summer of 1987 when thousands of tins of marijuana washed up on a Brazilian beach.
Photo: Replicas of Norse houses from 1000 years ago at L'Anse aux Meadows. (LightRocket/Getty Images)Sat, 05 Jan 2019 15:06:00 +00003004urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqmnhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqmncleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqmnUFO Sightings: The Rendlesham Forest IncidentThe most striking and well documented UFO "sightings" there have ever been plus the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the theft of the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey in 1950 also one of the first electronic instruments and how Britain has long honoured its' military animals.
(Photo: Computer illustration of UFOs - Unidentified Flying Objects)The most striking and well documented UFO "sightings" there have ever been.The most striking and well documented UFO "sightings" there have ever been plus the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the theft of the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey in 1950 also one of the first electronic instruments and how Britain has long honoured its' military animals.
(Photo: Computer illustration of UFOs - Unidentified Flying Objects)Sat, 29 Dec 2018 14:00:00 +00003104urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqmmhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqmmcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqmmStopping The 'Shoe Bomber'Passenger Kwame James recalls how he helped overcome the British-born Richard Reid on American Airlines flight 63. Reid had hidden explosives in his shoe which failed to go off. Plus, the US apology for the internment of thousands of Japanese Americans in WW2, the first computer password, the woman who wrote Mary Poppins and a British theatrical group tours the Sahara.
Photo: One of the shoes worn by Richard Reid on the American Airlines flight to Miami (ABC/Getty Images)A passenger helps overcome Richard Reid, plus US apology for Japanese American internmentPassenger Kwame James recalls how he helped overcome the British-born Richard Reid on American Airlines flight 63. Reid had hidden explosives in his shoe which failed to go off. Plus, the US apology for the internment of thousands of Japanese Americans in WW2, the first computer password, the woman who wrote Mary Poppins and a British theatrical group tours the Sahara.
Photo: One of the shoes worn by Richard Reid on the American Airlines flight to Miami (ABC/Getty Images)Sat, 22 Dec 2018 12:06:00 +00003019urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqmlcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqmlApollo 8At Christmas 1968, the biggest audience in TV history watched NASA's Apollo 8 mission beam back the first pictures from an orbit around the Moon. The broadcast captured the world's imagination and put America ahead of the Soviet Union in the Cold War battle to make the first lunar landing. Plus, the rape of Nanking, WWII spy drama in the Netherlands and the woman who revolutionised the treatment of the dying.
Picture: The Earth as seen from the Moon, photographed by the Apollo 8 crew (NASA)The astronauts who changed our view of the Earth, the rape of Nanking, WWII spy drama.At Christmas 1968, the biggest audience in TV history watched NASA's Apollo 8 mission beam back the first pictures from an orbit around the Moon. The broadcast captured the world's imagination and put America ahead of the Soviet Union in the Cold War battle to make the first lunar landing. Plus, the rape of Nanking, WWII spy drama in the Netherlands and the woman who revolutionised the treatment of the dying.
Picture: The Earth as seen from the Moon, photographed by the Apollo 8 crew (NASA)Sat, 15 Dec 2018 09:00:00 +00003000urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqmkhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqmkcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqmkAdopted By The Man Who Killed My FamilyA child survivor of a Guatemalan army massacre during the country's brutal civil war, the women who cleared up post war Berlin, plus Armenia's 1988 earthquake, how Bokassa became Emperor of the Central African Republic, and Angela Merkel's rise to power.
Photo: Ramiro as a child in Guatemala (R.Osorio)Child survivor of a Guatemalan army massacre, Bokassa's coronation, Armenia's earthquakeA child survivor of a Guatemalan army massacre during the country's brutal civil war, the women who cleared up post war Berlin, plus Armenia's 1988 earthquake, how Bokassa became Emperor of the Central African Republic, and Angela Merkel's rise to power.
Photo: Ramiro as a child in Guatemala (R.Osorio)Sat, 08 Dec 2018 15:00:00 +00003021urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqmjhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqmjyesBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqmjThe Man Who Inspired Britain's First Aids CharityThe first man in Britain to die of AIDS, whale hunting in the South Atlantic in the 1950s, how Norway voted not to join the EU, the American adventurer who inspired the Indiana Jones stories, and Saddam Hussein's draining of Iraq's southern marshes in a bid to flush out his opponents.
Picture: Terrence Higgins (Courtesy: Dr Rupert Whitaker)The first British man to die of AIDS, 1950s whale hunting, and the real Indiana JonesThe first man in Britain to die of AIDS, whale hunting in the South Atlantic in the 1950s, how Norway voted not to join the EU, the American adventurer who inspired the Indiana Jones stories, and Saddam Hussein's draining of Iraq's southern marshes in a bid to flush out his opponents.
Picture: Terrence Higgins (Courtesy: Dr Rupert Whitaker)Sat, 01 Dec 2018 16:24:00 +00003010urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqmhhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqmhcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqmhThe 'Braceros' - America's Mexican Guest WorkersFrom 1942 to 1964 the US actively encouraged American farmers to hire tens of thousands of migrant workers to come to work legally from Mexico - they were known as 'braceros'; also, when Moscow invited thousands of foreign students to attend an International Youth Festival in the former USSR; a witness to the funeral of the Duke of Wellington; plus Arafat's final weeks and why was JKF's killer allowed to defect to the Soviets?
Photo: A group of Mexican Braceros picking strawberries in a field in the Salinas Valley, California in June 1963 (Getty Images)The US welcomes Mexican migrants, the USSR welcomes foreign students plus Arafat's deathFrom 1942 to 1964 the US actively encouraged American farmers to hire tens of thousands of migrant workers to come to work legally from Mexico - they were known as 'braceros'; also, when Moscow invited thousands of foreign students to attend an International Youth Festival in the former USSR; a witness to the funeral of the Duke of Wellington; plus Arafat's final weeks and why was JKF's killer allowed to defect to the Soviets?
Photo: A group of Mexican Braceros picking strawberries in a field in the Salinas Valley, California in June 1963 (Getty Images)Sat, 24 Nov 2018 12:20:00 +00003008urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqmghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqmgcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqmgJapanese Murders in BrazilHow Japanese immigrants in Brazil fell out with each other after the end of the WW2, how Britain helped to get disabled people on the road in the 1940s plus life for Jews under Imperial Russia, the victims of Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s and the American embassy hostage crisis in Tehran.Fanatics killed Japanese immigrants who accepted that Japan had surrendered in WW2.How Japanese immigrants in Brazil fell out with each other after the end of the WW2, how Britain helped to get disabled people on the road in the 1940s plus life for Jews under Imperial Russia, the victims of Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s and the American embassy hostage crisis in Tehran.Sat, 17 Nov 2018 14:00:00 +00003008urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqmfhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqmfcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqmfThe End of World War One11th November 1918 saw the end of a four year war that had killed an estimated 20 million soldiers and civilians around the world. We hear eyewitness accounts of the conflict which was fought by many nations, on many continents. The historian, Professor Annika Mombauer joins Max Pearson to discuss the devastating war that changed the world.
Photo: Crowds in London celebrate the signing of the Armistice on 11th November 1918 (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)Eyewitness accounts of the devastating war that changed the world.11th November 1918 saw the end of a four year war that had killed an estimated 20 million soldiers and civilians around the world. We hear eyewitness accounts of the conflict which was fought by many nations, on many continents. The historian, Professor Annika Mombauer joins Max Pearson to discuss the devastating war that changed the world.
Photo: Crowds in London celebrate the signing of the Armistice on 11th November 1918 (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)Sat, 10 Nov 2018 14:00:00 +00003104urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqmdhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqmdcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqmdWhen Russia's Richest Man Was JailedRussia's struggles with big business, when Nigeria struck oil, why Maximilian Kolbe was made a saint, the London arrest of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and Desmond Tutu.
Photo: former head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky leaving the courtroom in Moscow, Russia, September 22, 2005. Credit: Sovfoto/UIG via Getty ImagesMikhail Khodorkovsky on his arrest in Russia, Nigerian oil and Desmond Tutu.Russia's struggles with big business, when Nigeria struck oil, why Maximilian Kolbe was made a saint, the London arrest of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and Desmond Tutu.
Photo: former head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky leaving the courtroom in Moscow, Russia, September 22, 2005. Credit: Sovfoto/UIG via Getty ImagesFri, 26 Oct 2018 16:55:00 +00003012urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqm6http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqm6cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqm6The Nazi Black BookThe Nazi black book, a list of those to be arrested and dealt with if Germany occupied Britain, privation in wartime and Allied-occupied Austria, racial tension in 1940s Sweden, plus how Britain's Labour party moved against hereditary peers in the House of Lords in the 1990s.The Nazi arrest list for Britain, wartime Austria, and anti-traveller riots in SwedenThe Nazi black book, a list of those to be arrested and dealt with if Germany occupied Britain, privation in wartime and Allied-occupied Austria, racial tension in 1940s Sweden, plus how Britain's Labour party moved against hereditary peers in the House of Lords in the 1990s.Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:45:00 +00002998urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqm4http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqm4cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqm4When Belgium Banned Coca ColaA strange illness strikes Belgian teenagers, Brazil's forgotten Amazon war, diverting Mount Etna's lava, arguments over aid and trade in the UK, and the 1973 oil crisis.
(Photo: A poster saying 'out of order' is stuck on a Coca Cola vending machine in Mouscron, Belgium in 1999. Credit: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images).A strange illness strikes Belgian teenagers, Brazil's Amazon war, and the 1973 oil crisisA strange illness strikes Belgian teenagers, Brazil's forgotten Amazon war, diverting Mount Etna's lava, arguments over aid and trade in the UK, and the 1973 oil crisis.
(Photo: A poster saying 'out of order' is stuck on a Coca Cola vending machine in Mouscron, Belgium in 1999. Credit: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images).Sat, 20 Oct 2018 13:00:00 +00003074urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqm5http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqm5cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqm5The Street Battle That Rocked BrazilIn October 1968, students from two neighbouring universities in the centre of São Paulo clashed in a battle which left one dead and many injured. We hear how the so-called 'Battle of Maria Antônia' drove Brazil deeper into a military dictatorship which is still controversial to this day. Plus, a pioneering race relations case in Britain during World War 2, the invention of artificial skin and fashion in the Soviet Union.
Photo: the 'Battle of Maria Antonia', São Paulo, 1968. Credit: Agência Estado/AFPThe fighting in Sao Paulo in 1968 that drove Brazil deeper into military dictatorship.In October 1968, students from two neighbouring universities in the centre of São Paulo clashed in a battle which left one dead and many injured. We hear how the so-called 'Battle of Maria Antônia' drove Brazil deeper into a military dictatorship which is still controversial to this day. Plus, a pioneering race relations case in Britain during World War 2, the invention of artificial skin and fashion in the Soviet Union.
Photo: the 'Battle of Maria Antonia', São Paulo, 1968. Credit: Agência Estado/AFPSat, 06 Oct 2018 13:00:00 +00003020urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqm3http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqm3cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqm3The Arnhem Parachute DropOperation Market Garden - the failed attempt to end the war against Hitler; plus, a deadly nuclear accident in Brazil, the film of the Battle of Algiers, the last regular steam train to run in Britain and one of the Cuban Five jailed in America for spying for Fidel Castro.
(Photo: Allied planes and parachutists over Arnhem, Getty Images)Operation Market Garden, Brazil's nuclear accident, the Battle of Algiers and Cuban spiesOperation Market Garden - the failed attempt to end the war against Hitler; plus, a deadly nuclear accident in Brazil, the film of the Battle of Algiers, the last regular steam train to run in Britain and one of the Cuban Five jailed in America for spying for Fidel Castro.
(Photo: Allied planes and parachutists over Arnhem, Getty Images)Sat, 22 Sep 2018 14:26:00 +00003022urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqm1http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqm1cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqm1How I Survived a Fire on a PlaneA lucky escape from a jet plane fire in the 1970s, Chamberlain's talks with Hitler in 1938 plus the killing of the South African anti-apartheid campaigner, Steve Biko. Also toxic waste being shipped around the world in the 1980s and how Britain became obsessed with the idea that aliens were responsible for crop circles.
(Photo: Ricardo Trajano as a young man. Copyright: Ricardo Trajano)A lucky escape from a jet plane fire in the 1970s and the killing of Steve Biko.A lucky escape from a jet plane fire in the 1970s, Chamberlain's talks with Hitler in 1938 plus the killing of the South African anti-apartheid campaigner, Steve Biko. Also toxic waste being shipped around the world in the 1980s and how Britain became obsessed with the idea that aliens were responsible for crop circles.
(Photo: Ricardo Trajano as a young man. Copyright: Ricardo Trajano)Sat, 15 Sep 2018 13:00:00 +00003013urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqm0http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqm0cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqm0Living under GaddafiAward-winning writer Hisham Matar on life in Gaddafi's Libya, plus how British Bengalis faced the far-right in 1970s east London, the last battles of WW1, the struggle to name St.Petersburg and the first MRI scanner.
Photo: Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli on September 27th 1969, shortly after the bloodless coup that brought him to power AFP FILES/AFP/Getty Images)How Gaddafi changed Libya, the battle for Brick Lane in 70s London, the first MRI scannerAward-winning writer Hisham Matar on life in Gaddafi's Libya, plus how British Bengalis faced the far-right in 1970s east London, the last battles of WW1, the struggle to name St.Petersburg and the first MRI scanner.
Photo: Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli on September 27th 1969, shortly after the bloodless coup that brought him to power AFP FILES/AFP/Getty Images)Sat, 08 Sep 2018 14:00:00 +00003010urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlzhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqlzcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqlzSurviving the "Death Railway"A former prisoner of the Japanese in WW2, plus Hitler's girl guides, how Benidorm became a tourist hotspot, Italian migrant tragedy in post-war Belgium, and the Lake Nyos disaster.
Photo: Allied Prisoners of War in a Japanese prison camp 1945 (British Pathé)A former prisoner of the Japanese in WW2; Hitler's girl guides and the Lake Nyos disasterA former prisoner of the Japanese in WW2, plus Hitler's girl guides, how Benidorm became a tourist hotspot, Italian migrant tragedy in post-war Belgium, and the Lake Nyos disaster.
Photo: Allied Prisoners of War in a Japanese prison camp 1945 (British Pathé)Sat, 01 Sep 2018 14:06:00 +00003069urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlyhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqlycleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqlyAlbert Speer - Hitler's ArchitectHitler's architect and minister of war, Albert Speer, was one of the few top Nazis to live on into old age. In the late 1970s, following his release from Spandau prison, he gave an interview to the British journalist, Roger George Clark. Plus, the Soviet Union's campaign against alcoholism, the hostage drama that gripped West Germany, and a woman's voice from pre-colonial Nigeria.
Picture: Albert Speer standing at the gate of his house near Heidelberg in December 1979. (Credit: Roger George Clark)Interviewing a senior Nazi; the Soviet fight against alcohol; German hostage drama.Hitler's architect and minister of war, Albert Speer, was one of the few top Nazis to live on into old age. In the late 1970s, following his release from Spandau prison, he gave an interview to the British journalist, Roger George Clark. Plus, the Soviet Union's campaign against alcoholism, the hostage drama that gripped West Germany, and a woman's voice from pre-colonial Nigeria.
Picture: Albert Speer standing at the gate of his house near Heidelberg in December 1979. (Credit: Roger George Clark)Sat, 25 Aug 2018 08:00:00 +00003020urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlxhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqlxcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqlxVera Brittain: Anti-Bombing CampaignerBaroness Shirley Williams recalls her mother, WW2 anti-bombing protestor; 20 years since a mass killing in Omagh, the African-American photographer whose coverage of Martin Luther King's funeral won him a Pullitzer Prize, plus when TV finally came to South Africa and the birth of the instant noodle.
Photo: Vera Brittain at Euston Station, London, in 1956. Credit: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesWW2 anti-bombing protestor, 20 years since Omagh and the birth of the instant noodle.Baroness Shirley Williams recalls her mother, WW2 anti-bombing protestor; 20 years since a mass killing in Omagh, the African-American photographer whose coverage of Martin Luther King's funeral won him a Pullitzer Prize, plus when TV finally came to South Africa and the birth of the instant noodle.
Photo: Vera Brittain at Euston Station, London, in 1956. Credit: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesSat, 18 Aug 2018 14:06:00 +00003010urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlwhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqlwcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqlwWW1: Britain's Conscientious ObjectorsThe treatment of Britain's First World War conscientious objectors, Iran bends the nuclear rules, the CIA's first coup in Latin America, what happened to Eastern Europe's dancing bears, and the culling in Wales of a sacred bull.
Photo: A crowd of conscientious objectors to military service during World War I at a special prison camp (Hulton Archive)First World War conscientious objectors, Iran bends the nuclear rules, and dancing bearsThe treatment of Britain's First World War conscientious objectors, Iran bends the nuclear rules, the CIA's first coup in Latin America, what happened to Eastern Europe's dancing bears, and the culling in Wales of a sacred bull.
Photo: A crowd of conscientious objectors to military service during World War I at a special prison camp (Hulton Archive)Sat, 04 Aug 2018 13:00:00 +00003000urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqltcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqltThe Whitewashing of Zimbabwe's Ancient HistoryThe true history of the Great Zimbabwe ruins uncovered after independence, why Churchill lost the post-war election also the first women at the US military academy West Point and the crack down on leftist supporters in the south before the Korean war.
(Photo; The iconic tower in the Great Enclosure of the Great Zimbabwe National Monument. It's one of the most important archaeological sites in Africa and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credit; Getty Creative.)How the true history of the Great Zimbabwe ruins was uncovered after independence.The true history of the Great Zimbabwe ruins uncovered after independence, why Churchill lost the post-war election also the first women at the US military academy West Point and the crack down on leftist supporters in the south before the Korean war.
(Photo; The iconic tower in the Great Enclosure of the Great Zimbabwe National Monument. It's one of the most important archaeological sites in Africa and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credit; Getty Creative.)Fri, 27 Jul 2018 23:10:00 +00003023urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqlscleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqlsThe Killing of the Russian TsarThe murder of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, four daughters and young son in 1918, plus how the Soviet Union struggled to feed its people in the 1950s; also the IRA attacks on mounted troops in London's Hyde Park in 1982, the Zionist bombing of the British headquarters in Jerusalem in 1946 and the first steps towards a nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
(Photo: Nicholas II, Tsar and his family. From left to right - Olga, Maria,Tsar Nicholas II,Tsarina Alexandra, Anastasia, Tsarevitch Alexei and Tatiana. Credit: Press AssociationThe murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, four daughters and young son in 1918.The murder of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, four daughters and young son in 1918, plus how the Soviet Union struggled to feed its people in the 1950s; also the IRA attacks on mounted troops in London's Hyde Park in 1982, the Zionist bombing of the British headquarters in Jerusalem in 1946 and the first steps towards a nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
(Photo: Nicholas II, Tsar and his family. From left to right - Olga, Maria,Tsar Nicholas II,Tsarina Alexandra, Anastasia, Tsarevitch Alexei and Tatiana. Credit: Press AssociationSat, 21 Jul 2018 13:00:00 +00003004urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlrhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqlrcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqlrSmiling Buddha: India's First Nuclear TestThe scientist at the forefront of India's first successful nuclear test in 1974, plus how an undersea mission finally found the remains of nearly 300 migrants drowned off Italy in the 1990s; also, Der Spiegel journalists under threat in Germany, and remembering two great artists - Nigeria's Chinua Achebe and Robert Mapplethorpe.
Photo: A crater marks the site of the first Indian underground nuclear test conducted 18 May 1974 at Pokhran in the desert state of Rajasthan. (PUNJAB PHOTO/AFP/Getty Images)India on the nuclear world stage, the Spiegel Affair and the refugee "Phantom Shipwreck."The scientist at the forefront of India's first successful nuclear test in 1974, plus how an undersea mission finally found the remains of nearly 300 migrants drowned off Italy in the 1990s; also, Der Spiegel journalists under threat in Germany, and remembering two great artists - Nigeria's Chinua Achebe and Robert Mapplethorpe.
Photo: A crater marks the site of the first Indian underground nuclear test conducted 18 May 1974 at Pokhran in the desert state of Rajasthan. (PUNJAB PHOTO/AFP/Getty Images)Sat, 14 Jul 2018 14:57:00 +00003002urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlqhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqlqcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqlqWhen The US Shot Down An Iranian AirlinerHow a US warship downed a passenger jet killing 290 people, plus the story behind The Toilet, the controversial 1990s Russian 'masterpiece', Madeleine Albright on Kosovo, the history of adventure playgrounds. and the hunt for Deep Throat.
Photo: The USS Vincennes fires a surface to air missile towards Iran Air flight 655 on 3 July 1988 (Rudy Pahoyo)The tragic story of Flight 655, a Russian art controversy, plus Madeleine AlbrightHow a US warship downed a passenger jet killing 290 people, plus the story behind The Toilet, the controversial 1990s Russian 'masterpiece', Madeleine Albright on Kosovo, the history of adventure playgrounds. and the hunt for Deep Throat.
Photo: The USS Vincennes fires a surface to air missile towards Iran Air flight 655 on 3 July 1988 (Rudy Pahoyo)Sat, 07 Jul 2018 14:06:00 +00003011urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlphttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqlpcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqlpThe Ex-President and the Gun LobbyThis week, how former US President George Bush Senior took on the all-powerful National Rifle Association; the murder of the campaigning Irish journalist, Veronica Guerin; and how a Soviet submarine got stuck on a Swedish rock during the Cold War. Plus, the Cockney pilot who became known as the "King of Lampedusa" during World War Two.
(Photo: President George Bush Senior. Credit: Bachrach/Getty Images)The power of the NRA; murdered Irish journalist, Veronica Guerin; Swedish submarine dramaThis week, how former US President George Bush Senior took on the all-powerful National Rifle Association; the murder of the campaigning Irish journalist, Veronica Guerin; and how a Soviet submarine got stuck on a Swedish rock during the Cold War. Plus, the Cockney pilot who became known as the "King of Lampedusa" during World War Two.
(Photo: President George Bush Senior. Credit: Bachrach/Getty Images)Sat, 30 Jun 2018 08:00:00 +00003059urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlnhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqlncleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqlnKorea Divided: A Bitter HistoryFrom the 1945 division of the peninsula, to the Korean war and the death of Kim II-sung, we have first-hand accounts from the turbulent recent history of North and South Korea. Plus, expert analysis from Dr Owen Miller of SOAS University of London.
Photo: As US infantrymen march into the Naktong River region, they pass a line of fleeing refugees during the Korean War (Getty images)Key witnesses to the turbulent history of North and South Korea.From the 1945 division of the peninsula, to the Korean war and the death of Kim II-sung, we have first-hand accounts from the turbulent recent history of North and South Korea. Plus, expert analysis from Dr Owen Miller of SOAS University of London.
Photo: As US infantrymen march into the Naktong River region, they pass a line of fleeing refugees during the Korean War (Getty images)Sat, 16 Jun 2018 13:00:00 +00003011urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqllhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqllcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqllThe 1968 Belgrade Student RevoltThe 1968 student revolt in Communist Yugoslavia, an assassination attempt that sparked Lebanon's war, Adolf Eichmann's execution, plus the sudden death of Nigeria's strong man in less than clear circumstances and 'from couch to 5k' that inspired a global running craze.
(Photo: Sonja Licht with her fellow protester and later her husband, Milan Nikolic, at the site of the protests. Credit: Licht-Nikolic family archive)The 1968 student protest in Communist Yugoslavia and the running craze 'from couch to 5k'The 1968 student revolt in Communist Yugoslavia, an assassination attempt that sparked Lebanon's war, Adolf Eichmann's execution, plus the sudden death of Nigeria's strong man in less than clear circumstances and 'from couch to 5k' that inspired a global running craze.
(Photo: Sonja Licht with her fellow protester and later her husband, Milan Nikolic, at the site of the protests. Credit: Licht-Nikolic family archive)Sat, 09 Jun 2018 11:30:00 +00003015urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlkhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqlkcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqlkFree Health Care for AllThe birth of the British health service in 1948; the battle for compensation over Thalidomide; the world's first bicycle-sharing scheme; discovering a perfectly-formed frozen baby mammoth in Siberia, and the great science-fiction writer, Isaac Asimov.
Photo: Aneurin Bevan, Minister of Health, meeting a patient at Papworth Village Hospital after the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948 (Edward G Malindine/Getty Images)The birth of Britain's NHS; the Thalidomide trial; and discovering a baby woolly mammothThe birth of the British health service in 1948; the battle for compensation over Thalidomide; the world's first bicycle-sharing scheme; discovering a perfectly-formed frozen baby mammoth in Siberia, and the great science-fiction writer, Isaac Asimov.
Photo: Aneurin Bevan, Minister of Health, meeting a patient at Papworth Village Hospital after the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948 (Edward G Malindine/Getty Images)Sun, 03 Jun 2018 21:56:00 +00003003urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqljhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqljcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqljThe Fall of Suharto in IndonesiaIn 1998, the Indonesian dictator, President Suharto, resigned after 31 years in power. He stood down in the wake of nationwide demonstrations sparked by the killing of four student protestors. We hear from Bhatara Ibnu Reza, who was with one of the students when he died.
Plus, how a Pakistani theatre company took on the dictatorship of General Zia ul-Huq; the landmark Holocaust documentary Shoah; and the day lesbian protestors targeted the BBC news studio.
Photo: Students celebrate outside the Parliamentary buildings, Jakarta after Indonesian President Suharto announced his resignation. Credit: Adam Butler/PAHow riots toppled a dictator; honouring Holocaust survivors in film; BBC lesbian protest.In 1998, the Indonesian dictator, President Suharto, resigned after 31 years in power. He stood down in the wake of nationwide demonstrations sparked by the killing of four student protestors. We hear from Bhatara Ibnu Reza, who was with one of the students when he died.
Plus, how a Pakistani theatre company took on the dictatorship of General Zia ul-Huq; the landmark Holocaust documentary Shoah; and the day lesbian protestors targeted the BBC news studio.
Photo: Students celebrate outside the Parliamentary buildings, Jakarta after Indonesian President Suharto announced his resignation. Credit: Adam Butler/PASat, 26 May 2018 08:00:00 +00003033urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlhhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqlhcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqlhMay 1968 Paris RiotsA French riot policeman's view of the violence that swept through France in May 1968; plus the man who led a team that made safe two nuclear weapons that had crashed to ground in the US. Also, the origins of Montessori education, one of the airmen on the Dambusters' raid and actor Jane Asher remembers John Osborne's radical 1950s play, Look Back in Anger.
Photo: Protesters face police in front of the Joseph Gibert bookstore, Boulevard Saint Michel in May 1968. (Credit: Jacques Marie/AFP/Getty Images)A riot policeman's view of the violence that swept through France in May 1968A French riot policeman's view of the violence that swept through France in May 1968; plus the man who led a team that made safe two nuclear weapons that had crashed to ground in the US. Also, the origins of Montessori education, one of the airmen on the Dambusters' raid and actor Jane Asher remembers John Osborne's radical 1950s play, Look Back in Anger.
Photo: Protesters face police in front of the Joseph Gibert bookstore, Boulevard Saint Michel in May 1968. (Credit: Jacques Marie/AFP/Getty Images)Sat, 19 May 2018 14:01:00 +00003079urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqlgcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqlgThe Last King of BulgariaFrom child king in the Second World War to post-communist prime minister, the story of Bulgaria's King Simeon II; the first ever surgery performed on a foetus in the womb, an American family selling secrets to the Soviets in the 1980s, plus the 1963 attempt to form a United States of Africa, and the earliest diagnosis of autism.
Photo: King Simeon II 1943 (credit: Bulgarian Royal Family)From child king to prime minister, the story of Bulgaria's King Simeon II.From child king in the Second World War to post-communist prime minister, the story of Bulgaria's King Simeon II; the first ever surgery performed on a foetus in the womb, an American family selling secrets to the Soviets in the 1980s, plus the 1963 attempt to form a United States of Africa, and the earliest diagnosis of autism.
Photo: King Simeon II 1943 (credit: Bulgarian Royal Family)Sat, 12 May 2018 13:00:00 +00003001urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlfhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqlfcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqlfWhen Margaret Thatcher Came to PowerWorking for Britain's first female PM, the rare story of prisoners on the high seas in WW2, plus the Children's Crusade for civil right in 60s Alabama, the origin of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the story behind the Japanese TV hit, Takeshi's Castle.
Photo: British Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, with husband Denis on May 4th 1979. (Credit: John Minihan/Evening Standard/Getty Images)Britain's first female PM, prisoners on the high seas, and the story of Takeshi's CastleWorking for Britain's first female PM, the rare story of prisoners on the high seas in WW2, plus the Children's Crusade for civil right in 60s Alabama, the origin of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the story behind the Japanese TV hit, Takeshi's Castle.
Photo: British Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, with husband Denis on May 4th 1979. (Credit: John Minihan/Evening Standard/Getty Images)Sat, 05 May 2018 14:00:00 +00002998urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqldhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqldcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqldThe Oslo Peace TalksThe story behind the secret Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Oslo in 1993, the woman who swam from the USA to the Soviet Union, plus remembering Pablo Picasso, how art transformed notorious Scottish prisoners, and one of the most famous figures of World War One, the Red Baron.
Photo: Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton and Yasser Arafat at the signing ceremony for the Oslo Accord, September 13,1993. Credit: AFP/Getty ImagesSecret attempt at Mid-East peace, remembering Pablo Picasso, the death of the Red Baron.The story behind the secret Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Oslo in 1993, the woman who swam from the USA to the Soviet Union, plus remembering Pablo Picasso, how art transformed notorious Scottish prisoners, and one of the most famous figures of World War One, the Red Baron.
Photo: Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton and Yasser Arafat at the signing ceremony for the Oslo Accord, September 13,1993. Credit: AFP/Getty ImagesSat, 28 Apr 2018 13:00:00 +00002994urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlchttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqlccleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqlcEarth DayThe birth of the modern environmental movement, Germany's 1918 Spring Offensive, the discovery of the concentration camp horrors of Bergen-Belsen plus the rebuilding of the World Trade Centre site; and the last occupiers of Europe's most westerly lighthouse.
Photo credit: Robert Sabo-Pool/Getty ImagesThe birth of the modern environmental movement.The birth of the modern environmental movement, Germany's 1918 Spring Offensive, the discovery of the concentration camp horrors of Bergen-Belsen plus the rebuilding of the World Trade Centre site; and the last occupiers of Europe's most westerly lighthouse.
Photo credit: Robert Sabo-Pool/Getty ImagesSat, 21 Apr 2018 13:00:00 +00003017urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswqlbhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswqlbcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswqlbThe Zimbabwe MassacresIn this week's episode, Robert Mugabe's brutal crack down on the opposition in the 1980s, a mass expulsion of Soviet spies from Britain in the 1970's and the working class film revolution of the 1960's. Plus the first frozen embryo and the death of a German student leader that sparked huge demonstrations.
(Photo: Robert Mugabe. Getty Images)Robert Mugabe sent troops to put down opposition supporters in western Zimbabwe in 1983.In this week's episode, Robert Mugabe's brutal crack down on the opposition in the 1980s, a mass expulsion of Soviet spies from Britain in the 1970's and the working class film revolution of the 1960's. Plus the first frozen embryo and the death of a German student leader that sparked huge demonstrations.
(Photo: Robert Mugabe. Getty Images)Sat, 14 Apr 2018 11:30:00 +00003039urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswql9http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswql9yesBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswql9The Good Friday AgreementIn 1998, the political parties in Northern Ireland reached a peace agreement that ended decades of war. We hear from Paul Murphy, the junior minister for Northern Ireland at the time. Plus, a cross-community choir in Bosnia and women pioneers from the worlds of finance and oceanography.
PHOTO: Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern (L) and British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) pose with the mediatorPeace in Northern Ireland; a cross-community Bosnian choir and a pioneering woman banker.In 1998, the political parties in Northern Ireland reached a peace agreement that ended decades of war. We hear from Paul Murphy, the junior minister for Northern Ireland at the time. Plus, a cross-community choir in Bosnia and women pioneers from the worlds of finance and oceanography.
PHOTO: Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern (L) and British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) pose with the mediatorSat, 31 Mar 2018 08:00:00 +00003001urn:bbc:podcast:w3cswql7http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswql7cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3cswql7The Battle of the Airwaves in Latin AmericaWhy the BBC started broadcasting to South and Central America, plus the My Lai Massacre, Brazil's careful transition to democracy, and Moscow's show trials in the 1930s.
Photo: Members of the BBC's Brazil service rehearsing in a London studio in 1943. Credit: BBC.Why the BBC started broadcasting to South America, plus the My Lai massacre.Why the BBC started broadcasting to South and Central America, plus the My Lai Massacre, Brazil's careful transition to democracy, and Moscow's show trials in the 1930s.
Photo: Members of the BBC's Brazil service rehearsing in a London studio in 1943. Credit: BBC.Sat, 17 Mar 2018 14:00:00 +00003004urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvsvghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsvgcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvsvgDeaf Rights ProtestA landmark protest by deaf students in the US; the early fight for women's reproductive rights; the life and times of political thinker, Hannah Arendt; language and history in Azerbaijan, and Wonder Woman.
Picture: Student protestors, courtesy of Gallaudet University in Washington DCA protest for deaf rights; a new alphabet for Azerbaijan, Marie Stopes and Wonder WomanA landmark protest by deaf students in the US; the early fight for women's reproductive rights; the life and times of political thinker, Hannah Arendt; language and history in Azerbaijan, and Wonder Woman.
Picture: Student protestors, courtesy of Gallaudet University in Washington DCSat, 10 Mar 2018 11:33:00 +00003000urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvsvfhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsvfcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvsvfChina's Barefoot DoctorsHow China's barefoot doctor scheme revolutionised rural healthcare; plus M*A*S*H, the ground-breaking American TV show that taught a generation about war; the assassination of the Swedish prime minister Olof Palme; the German and Russian soldiers who fought on the Eastern Front in the First World War; and the Angel of the North, a huge steel sculpture that has become an icon for the north-east of England.
Picture: Gordon LiuThe revolutionary Chinese healthcare scheme and the ground-breaking US TV show M*A*S*H.How China's barefoot doctor scheme revolutionised rural healthcare; plus M*A*S*H, the ground-breaking American TV show that taught a generation about war; the assassination of the Swedish prime minister Olof Palme; the German and Russian soldiers who fought on the Eastern Front in the First World War; and the Angel of the North, a huge steel sculpture that has become an icon for the north-east of England.
Picture: Gordon LiuSat, 03 Mar 2018 14:00:00 +00003075urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvsvdhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsvdcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvsvdThe Boy in the BubbleHow a young boy lived with a rare genetic disorder; plus "Ghana Must Go" - when 1 million Africans were expelled from Nigeria, battling the last major smallpox epidemic in India, reporting the Jimmy Swaggart scandal and the story behind the acclaimed novel "Infinite Jest"
(Photo: David Vetter and his mother Carol-Ann Demaret Credit: Carol-Ann Demaret)How a young boy lived with a rare genetic disorder plus "Ghana Must Go" and Infinite JestHow a young boy lived with a rare genetic disorder; plus "Ghana Must Go" - when 1 million Africans were expelled from Nigeria, battling the last major smallpox epidemic in India, reporting the Jimmy Swaggart scandal and the story behind the acclaimed novel "Infinite Jest"
(Photo: David Vetter and his mother Carol-Ann Demaret Credit: Carol-Ann Demaret)Sat, 24 Feb 2018 14:00:00 +00002998urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvsvchttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsvccleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvsvcWomen's Rights In IranWe hear from Mahnaz Afkhami, Iran's first ever minister for Women's Affairs, appointed in 1975. Plus, the so-called "headscarf revolutionaries" who fought for improvements in Britain's notoriously dangerous fishing industry, a member of the Viet Cong recalls one of the biggest battles of the Vietnam War, finding the lost notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, and the 1970s lesbian separatist movement in America.
Photo: Mahnaz Afkhami at the UN in 1975. (Mahnaz Afkhami)Iran's first minister for Women's Affairs, headscarf revolutionaries and battling for HueWe hear from Mahnaz Afkhami, Iran's first ever minister for Women's Affairs, appointed in 1975. Plus, the so-called "headscarf revolutionaries" who fought for improvements in Britain's notoriously dangerous fishing industry, a member of the Viet Cong recalls one of the biggest battles of the Vietnam War, finding the lost notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, and the 1970s lesbian separatist movement in America.
Photo: Mahnaz Afkhami at the UN in 1975. (Mahnaz Afkhami)Sat, 17 Feb 2018 15:25:00 +00003000urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvsvbhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsvbcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvsvbThe Munich Air DisasterThe plane crash that killed eight of Manchester United's top players, the courage of the British Suffragettes, uncovering South Africa's nuclear secrets, plus tracking down Nazis in South America and the attack on a South Korean airliner ahead of the Seoul Olympics.
(Photo: Plane wreckage at Munich airport - AFP/Getty Images)The plane crash that killed eight of Manchester United's "Busby Babes" in 1958.The plane crash that killed eight of Manchester United's top players, the courage of the British Suffragettes, uncovering South Africa's nuclear secrets, plus tracking down Nazis in South America and the attack on a South Korean airliner ahead of the Seoul Olympics.
(Photo: Plane wreckage at Munich airport - AFP/Getty Images)Sat, 10 Feb 2018 00:30:00 +00003010urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvsv9http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsv9cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvsv9The Tet OffensiveIn January 1968, North Vietnamese troops and Viet Cong guerrillas launched a huge surprise attack on towns, cities and military bases across South Vietnam. The events of the Tet offensive had a profound impact on American public opinion and marked a turning point in the war.
Plus the roots of the Rohingya crisis, the birth of gospel music, Ireland's Bloody Sunday, and the end of corporal punishment in Britain.
Photo: Julian Pettifer reporting under fire near the Presidential Palace in Saigon, 31st January 1968 (BBC)A turning point in the Vietnam War; the birth of gospel music; Ireland's Bloody Sunday.In January 1968, North Vietnamese troops and Viet Cong guerrillas launched a huge surprise attack on towns, cities and military bases across South Vietnam. The events of the Tet offensive had a profound impact on American public opinion and marked a turning point in the war.
Plus the roots of the Rohingya crisis, the birth of gospel music, Ireland's Bloody Sunday, and the end of corporal punishment in Britain.
Photo: Julian Pettifer reporting under fire near the Presidential Palace in Saigon, 31st January 1968 (BBC)Sat, 03 Feb 2018 12:30:00 +00003026urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvsv8http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsv8cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvsv8The Capture of the USS PuebloWhen North Korea and the US came close to war in 1968; plus Salvador Dali, re-creating Francis Bacon's studio, the first veggie burger and the origins of Lego
Photo: Members of the USS Pueblo's crew being taken into custody. Credit: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News ServiceWhen North Korea and the US came close to war; plus Salvador Dali, the origins of LegoWhen North Korea and the US came close to war in 1968; plus Salvador Dali, re-creating Francis Bacon's studio, the first veggie burger and the origins of Lego
Photo: Members of the USS Pueblo's crew being taken into custody. Credit: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News ServiceSat, 27 Jan 2018 15:06:00 +00003021urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvsv7http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsv7cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvsv7Truth And Reconciliation in South AfricaAfter Apartheid was abolished in the 1990s, South Africa set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to try to confront the legacy of its brutal past. We speak to Justice Sisi Khampepe, who served on the Commission. Plus, the inspiring story of the disabled Irish author, Christoper Nolan; an inside account of two of America's most famous presidential speeches; and the role of British women in World War I.
(PHOTO: Pretoria South Africa: President Nelson Mandela (L) with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, acknowledges applause after he received a five volumes of Truth and Reconciliation Commission final report from Archbishop Tutu. Credit: Getty Images.)The post-Apartheid reckoning in South Africa; adoption in Guatemala; Women in World War IAfter Apartheid was abolished in the 1990s, South Africa set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to try to confront the legacy of its brutal past. We speak to Justice Sisi Khampepe, who served on the Commission. Plus, the inspiring story of the disabled Irish author, Christoper Nolan; an inside account of two of America's most famous presidential speeches; and the role of British women in World War I.
(PHOTO: Pretoria South Africa: President Nelson Mandela (L) with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, acknowledges applause after he received a five volumes of Truth and Reconciliation Commission final report from Archbishop Tutu. Credit: Getty Images.)Sat, 20 Jan 2018 13:00:00 +00003012urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvsv6http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsv6cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvsv6When France Said 'Non' to Britain Joining EuropeWhen France stopped Britain joining Europe in the 1960s, the boy who set a record for continuously staying awake, the launch of the first iPhone, hands reaching out in friendship between Britain and Germany after the Second World War, and a notorious massacre during Algeria's bitter internal conflict of the 1990s.
Photo: Charles de Gaulle, President of France, at a press conference on 14th January 1963 at which he said Britain was not ready to join the European Economic Community, now the EU (Credit: Central Press/Getty Images)When France said 'Non' to Britain, the first iPhone, and the record for staying awakeWhen France stopped Britain joining Europe in the 1960s, the boy who set a record for continuously staying awake, the launch of the first iPhone, hands reaching out in friendship between Britain and Germany after the Second World War, and a notorious massacre during Algeria's bitter internal conflict of the 1990s.
Photo: Charles de Gaulle, President of France, at a press conference on 14th January 1963 at which he said Britain was not ready to join the European Economic Community, now the EU (Credit: Central Press/Getty Images)Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:00:00 +00002999urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvsv5http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsv5cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvsv5Boris Yeltsin's Surprise ResignationMrs Yeltsin, on the day her husband shocked the world, half a century since the Mafia's grip on America was exposed, the 1999 protests in Iran - the biggest since the revolution - a student tells us how a photograph led to his death sentence and the Brazilian woman hijacker who took her kids along for the ride.Mrs Yeltsin, on the day Boris shocked the world plus the Mafia's grip on America exposed.Mrs Yeltsin, on the day her husband shocked the world, half a century since the Mafia's grip on America was exposed, the 1999 protests in Iran - the biggest since the revolution - a student tells us how a photograph led to his death sentence and the Brazilian woman hijacker who took her kids along for the ride.Sat, 06 Jan 2018 15:06:00 +00002994urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvsv4http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsv4cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvsv4Kwanzaa - The African-American HolidayHow Black activists invented a new holiday, flying around the world without refuelling, what not to do if you win a fortune, and the mountaineers who risked their lives climbing the spires of Leningrad during WW2. Then there's the obligatory Christmas board game - Trivial Pursuit.
Picture: Children at the first Kwanzaa celebration - courtesy of Terri Bandele.How Black activists invented a new holiday, flying around the world and Leningrad in WW2.How Black activists invented a new holiday, flying around the world without refuelling, what not to do if you win a fortune, and the mountaineers who risked their lives climbing the spires of Leningrad during WW2. Then there's the obligatory Christmas board game - Trivial Pursuit.
Picture: Children at the first Kwanzaa celebration - courtesy of Terri Bandele.Sat, 30 Dec 2017 14:00:00 +00002999urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvsv3http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsv3cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvsv3To Kill A MockingbirdOne of the most successful American films of all time was released on Christmas Day 1962. Based on the best-selling book by author Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird starred Gregory Peck as a lawyer who stood against prejudice in the Deep South of the USA. Louise Hidalgo has been speaking to Gregory Peck's son Carey Peck.
Plus, the life of Indian independence leader BR Ambedkar; a short-lived period of peace in Somalia under the Islamic Courts Union; the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution in China; and the invention of WiFi.
Picture: Gregory Peck with Harper Lee in 1962 (Getty Images)One of the most successful American films ever; BR Ambedkar; and the invention of WiFi.One of the most successful American films of all time was released on Christmas Day 1962. Based on the best-selling book by author Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird starred Gregory Peck as a lawyer who stood against prejudice in the Deep South of the USA. Louise Hidalgo has been speaking to Gregory Peck's son Carey Peck.
Plus, the life of Indian independence leader BR Ambedkar; a short-lived period of peace in Somalia under the Islamic Courts Union; the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution in China; and the invention of WiFi.
Picture: Gregory Peck with Harper Lee in 1962 (Getty Images)Sat, 23 Dec 2017 12:00:00 +00003061urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvsv2http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsv2cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvsv2The Unsung Hero of Heart SurgeryThe African-American lab technician, Vivien Thomas, who pioneered surgery that saved millions of babies, Otis Redding remembered 50 years on from his tragic death, the killer smog of the 1950's London, the man brave enough to hypnotise Uday Hussein and the Australian Prime Minister - lost at sea.
(Photo: Vivien Thomas, US Surgical Technician, 1940)
(Audio: Courtesy of US National Library of Medicine)The African-American lab technician who pioneered surgery that saved millions of babies.The African-American lab technician, Vivien Thomas, who pioneered surgery that saved millions of babies, Otis Redding remembered 50 years on from his tragic death, the killer smog of the 1950's London, the man brave enough to hypnotise Uday Hussein and the Australian Prime Minister - lost at sea.
(Photo: Vivien Thomas, US Surgical Technician, 1940)
(Audio: Courtesy of US National Library of Medicine)Sat, 16 Dec 2017 00:15:00 +00003042urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvsv1http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsv1cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvsv1British Withdrawal from South YemenFifty years since Aden gained independence from Britain, plus an amazing discovery under the oceans, a celebration of Finnish independence, Russian art punished by the Bolsheviks and the building of Mount Rushmore's famous statues.
Photo: Aden 1967 Copyright: Alamy.Aden's independence from Britain, discovering whalesong & building Mount Rushmore statuesFifty years since Aden gained independence from Britain, plus an amazing discovery under the oceans, a celebration of Finnish independence, Russian art punished by the Bolsheviks and the building of Mount Rushmore's famous statues.
Photo: Aden 1967 Copyright: Alamy.Sat, 09 Dec 2017 12:00:00 +00003026urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvsv0http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvsv0cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvsv0The Poisoning of LitvinenkoIn November 2006, the world was shocked by the murder in London of former Russian intelligence officer, Alexander Litvinenko. We hear from his widow Marina about his life and agonising death, and get an analysis of the case from Luke Harding, author of "A Very Expensive Poison". Also in the programme, an astonishing assassination plot during El Salvador's Civil War, a huge oil spill in Spain, and the purpose-built city in Siberia which was home to the Soviet Union's best scientists.
(PHOTO: Alexander Litvinenko in a London hospital a couple of days before his death in November 2006. Credit Getty Images.)The murder of a former Russian spy, El Salvador's Civil War, and an oil spill in Spain.In November 2006, the world was shocked by the murder in London of former Russian intelligence officer, Alexander Litvinenko. We hear from his widow Marina about his life and agonising death, and get an analysis of the case from Luke Harding, author of "A Very Expensive Poison". Also in the programme, an astonishing assassination plot during El Salvador's Civil War, a huge oil spill in Spain, and the purpose-built city in Siberia which was home to the Soviet Union's best scientists.
(PHOTO: Alexander Litvinenko in a London hospital a couple of days before his death in November 2006. Credit Getty Images.)Sat, 02 Dec 2017 14:51:00 +00003079urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvstzhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvstzcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvstzThe Siege of MeccaThe secret battle for the holiest site in Islam in 1979; the coup that changed the Vietnam war, plus an East German musical icon, prosecuting Charles Manson and Toy Story's digital revolution.
Photo: Fighting at the Grand Mosque in Mecca after militants seized control of the shrine, November 1979 (AFP/Getty Images)The 1979 battle for the holiest site in Islam; Vietnam's deadly coup; prosecuting MansonThe secret battle for the holiest site in Islam in 1979; the coup that changed the Vietnam war, plus an East German musical icon, prosecuting Charles Manson and Toy Story's digital revolution.
Photo: Fighting at the Grand Mosque in Mecca after militants seized control of the shrine, November 1979 (AFP/Getty Images)Sat, 25 Nov 2017 14:00:00 +00003008urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvstyhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvstycleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvstyThe 'Disappeared' of LebanonThe women searching for their loved-ones who went missing during the Lebanese civil war, plus the man who first discovered diamonds in Botswana, a pioneer of the Indian restaurant business in the UK, an exploding whale, and naked dancing in post-war London.
Photo: West Beirut under shellfire in 1982.(Credit:Domnique Faget/AFP/Getty Images)Women searching for their missing loved-ones in Lebanon, plus diamonds and naked dancing.The women searching for their loved-ones who went missing during the Lebanese civil war, plus the man who first discovered diamonds in Botswana, a pioneer of the Indian restaurant business in the UK, an exploding whale, and naked dancing in post-war London.
Photo: West Beirut under shellfire in 1982.(Credit:Domnique Faget/AFP/Getty Images)Sat, 18 Nov 2017 14:00:00 +00003006urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvstxhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvstxcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvstxThe Russian Revolution: The Bolsheviks Take ControlEye-witness accounts from the Russian Revolution of October 1917; the first dog in space; Sabah, one of the biggest 20th-century stars of the Middle East; the last journalist to interview Osama Bin Laden; and horror and heartbreak: memories of the First World War.
Picture: Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin addressing crowds in the capital Petrograd during the Russian Revolution of 1917. (Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Voices from the Russian Revolution; the first dog in space; and the songbird of LebanonEye-witness accounts from the Russian Revolution of October 1917; the first dog in space; Sabah, one of the biggest 20th-century stars of the Middle East; the last journalist to interview Osama Bin Laden; and horror and heartbreak: memories of the First World War.
Picture: Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin addressing crowds in the capital Petrograd during the Russian Revolution of 1917. (Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Sat, 11 Nov 2017 13:00:00 +00002999urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvstwhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvstwcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvstwMartin Luther's 95 ThesesThe German monk who began a religious uprising; the book that made us think of humans as animals; how the murder of a Brazilian journalist by the secret police became a symbol of Brazil's military brutality; plus the Lebanese architectural dream that was overtaken by war and the fight that ended sex censorship online.
Photo: A portrait of Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach the Elder on display at the German Historical Museum in Berlin, Germany (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)The monk who began a religious revolution, the Naked Ape and internet sex and censorship.The German monk who began a religious uprising; the book that made us think of humans as animals; how the murder of a Brazilian journalist by the secret police became a symbol of Brazil's military brutality; plus the Lebanese architectural dream that was overtaken by war and the fight that ended sex censorship online.
Photo: A portrait of Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach the Elder on display at the German Historical Museum in Berlin, Germany (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)Sat, 04 Nov 2017 14:00:00 +00003007urn:bbc:podcast:w3csvstvhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvstvcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csvstvThe Fake IDs That Saved Jewish LivesHow tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews escaped the Nazis by using false papers; what happened when abortion became illegal overnight in 1960s Romania; the murder of campaigning Nigerian journalist Dele Giwa; the creation of British satire magazine Private Eye; and the love affair between writers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.
Photo: False Hungarian ID document (BBC)Escaping the Nazis in WW2 Hungary, Romania's abortion ban, and a literary love affair.How tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews escaped the Nazis by using false papers; what happened when abortion became illegal overnight in 1960s Romania; the murder of campaigning Nigerian journalist Dele Giwa; the creation of British satire magazine Private Eye; and the love affair between writers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.
Photo: False Hungarian ID document (BBC)Sun, 29 Oct 2017 03:00:00 +00003030urn:bbc:podcast:w3csv0wdhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csv0wdcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csv0wdThe 43 Group: Battling British FascistsHow Jewish veterans fought fascism in post war Britain; plus investigating the death of Mozambique's president Samora Machel, we hear from a survivor of the Moscow theatre siege, inside the Cuba Missile Crisis and the mystery of Booker prize winner JG Farrell.
Photo:British Fascist Sir Oswald Mosley speaking at a rally, Hertford Road, Dalston, London, May 1st 1948. (Getty Images)Veterans fight fascism in 1940s Britain; The death of Samora Machel, Moscow theatre siegeHow Jewish veterans fought fascism in post war Britain; plus investigating the death of Mozambique's president Samora Machel, we hear from a survivor of the Moscow theatre siege, inside the Cuba Missile Crisis and the mystery of Booker prize winner JG Farrell.
Photo:British Fascist Sir Oswald Mosley speaking at a rally, Hertford Road, Dalston, London, May 1st 1948. (Getty Images)Sat, 21 Oct 2017 13:06:00 +00003241urn:bbc:podcast:w3csv0wchttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csv0wccleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csv0wcThe Death of Che GuevaraIn October 1967 the Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara was captured and killed in Bolivia - we hear from the CIA operative who was one of the last people to speak to him. Plus, the plan to rescue Italy's art from the Nazis; remembering a hero of Catalan nationalism; the policeman and friend who testified against OJ Simpson, and Madonna - the early years.
(Photo: Felix Rodriguez (left) with the captured Che Guevara, shortly before his execution on 9 October 1967. Courtesy of Felix Rodriguez)The final hours of the revolutionary hero, Italy's looted art and Madonna's early years.In October 1967 the Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara was captured and killed in Bolivia - we hear from the CIA operative who was one of the last people to speak to him. Plus, the plan to rescue Italy's art from the Nazis; remembering a hero of Catalan nationalism; the policeman and friend who testified against OJ Simpson, and Madonna - the early years.
(Photo: Felix Rodriguez (left) with the captured Che Guevara, shortly before his execution on 9 October 1967. Courtesy of Felix Rodriguez)Sat, 14 Oct 2017 13:06:00 +00003081urn:bbc:podcast:w3csv0wbhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csv0wbcleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csv0wbThe Hate Crime That Changed American LawWhy the brutal killing of a young gay man in Wyoming prompted change, how white people came to terms with their past after segregation in deep south America, living alongside Israeli soldiers in Gaza, plus modern treasures uncovered in Iran and rediscovered Tudor treasures raised from the English seabed.
(Photo: Matthew Shepard with his parents, Judy and Dennis, on holiday at Yellowstone National Park. Courtesy of the Matthew Shepard Foundation)Why the brutal killing of a young gay man in Wyoming prompted change.Why the brutal killing of a young gay man in Wyoming prompted change, how white people came to terms with their past after segregation in deep south America, living alongside Israeli soldiers in Gaza, plus modern treasures uncovered in Iran and rediscovered Tudor treasures raised from the English seabed.
(Photo: Matthew Shepard with his parents, Judy and Dennis, on holiday at Yellowstone National Park. Courtesy of the Matthew Shepard Foundation)Sat, 07 Oct 2017 13:00:00 +00003022urn:bbc:podcast:w3csv0w9http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csv0w9cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csv0w9Walking the Great Wall of ChinaWalking the Great Wall of China; the death of Pope John Paul 1 after just a month in the job; turning against a colonial power - how Guinea gained independence from France; the life and times of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, and the British Land Girls of World War Two.
(Picture: Yaohui Dong, Wu Deyu and Zhang Yuanhua on the Great Wall of China. Courtesy of Yaohui Dong)The Great Wall of China; the death of a Pope; and anti-apartheid activist Steve BikoWalking the Great Wall of China; the death of Pope John Paul 1 after just a month in the job; turning against a colonial power - how Guinea gained independence from France; the life and times of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, and the British Land Girls of World War Two.
(Picture: Yaohui Dong, Wu Deyu and Zhang Yuanhua on the Great Wall of China. Courtesy of Yaohui Dong)Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:07:00 +00003029urn:bbc:podcast:w3csv0w8http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csv0w8cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csv0w8When Animals Make HistoryFive remarkable stories of animals in recent history - from the guide dog who led her owner out of the World Trade Center on 9/11 to a ferocious shark attack to the locust swarm that flew more than 5000 miles across the Atlantic ocean.
Photo: a Great White Shark - Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesFrom a guide dog on 9/11 to Australia's rabbit plague - five stories from animal history.Five remarkable stories of animals in recent history - from the guide dog who led her owner out of the World Trade Center on 9/11 to a ferocious shark attack to the locust swarm that flew more than 5000 miles across the Atlantic ocean.
Photo: a Great White Shark - Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesSun, 24 Sep 2017 13:00:00 +00002973urn:bbc:podcast:w3csv0w7http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csv0w7cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csv0w7The Collapse of Northern RockThe run on a British bank which signalled the coming global financial crisis, a schoolboy arrested in East Germany for writing a letter, a doctor remembers the Sabra Shatila massacre in Beirut, and a Nigerian archaeological treasure trove.
Photo: Northern Rock customers queuing outside the Kingston branch, in order to take their money out on September 17th 2007. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesThe run on a British bank, a schoolboy arrested in East Germany, and Nigerian treasures.The run on a British bank which signalled the coming global financial crisis, a schoolboy arrested in East Germany for writing a letter, a doctor remembers the Sabra Shatila massacre in Beirut, and a Nigerian archaeological treasure trove.
Photo: Northern Rock customers queuing outside the Kingston branch, in order to take their money out on September 17th 2007. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesSat, 16 Sep 2017 13:05:00 +00003015urn:bbc:podcast:w3csv0w6http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csv0w6cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csv0w6The Fairy PhotosThe search for a spirit world after WW1 that led people to believe that photographs of fairies were real. Plus Jamaica's worst train crash, France's last execution by guillotine, the man who saved the Proms and life in a giant greenhouse in Arizona - Biosphere 2.
Photo: Frances Griffiths and the "Cottingley Fairies" in a photograph made in 1917 by her cousin Elsie Wright with paper cut-outs and hatpins. Credit: AlamySearching for a spirit world after WW1, plus Jamaica's worst train crash, and Biosphere 2The search for a spirit world after WW1 that led people to believe that photographs of fairies were real. Plus Jamaica's worst train crash, France's last execution by guillotine, the man who saved the Proms and life in a giant greenhouse in Arizona - Biosphere 2.
Photo: Frances Griffiths and the "Cottingley Fairies" in a photograph made in 1917 by her cousin Elsie Wright with paper cut-outs and hatpins. Credit: AlamySat, 09 Sep 2017 13:00:00 +00003025urn:bbc:podcast:w3csv0w5http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csv0w5cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csv0w5The Death of Princess DianaPrincess Diana's brother remembers the passionate speech he gave at her funeral, and one of the doctors who treated her at the scene of her fatal car crash remembers her death.
Plus, how George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, the development of a revolutionary new 3D medical scanning technique, and the birth of the online auction site eBay.
Picture: Earl Spencer and Prince William at Princess Diana's funeral. Credit: Getty/AFPPrincess Diana's brother remembers the passionate speech he gave at her funeral.Princess Diana's brother remembers the passionate speech he gave at her funeral, and one of the doctors who treated her at the scene of her fatal car crash remembers her death.
Plus, how George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, the development of a revolutionary new 3D medical scanning technique, and the birth of the online auction site eBay.
Picture: Earl Spencer and Prince William at Princess Diana's funeral. Credit: Getty/AFPSat, 02 Sep 2017 13:00:00 +00002999urn:bbc:podcast:w3csv0w4http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csv0w4cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csv0w4Medicine in World War OneIn BBC archive recordings, veterans tell the story of how medical care dealt with the horrors of WW1. Plus when Germany put Nazis on trial, race riots in London's Notting Hill in 1958, and in East Germany in 1992. And the inventors of Botox.
Photo: Australian wounded on the Menin Road on the Western Front, 1917 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Dealing with the medical horrors of WW1, Germany puts Nazis on trial and Botox.In BBC archive recordings, veterans tell the story of how medical care dealt with the horrors of WW1. Plus when Germany put Nazis on trial, race riots in London's Notting Hill in 1958, and in East Germany in 1992. And the inventors of Botox.
Photo: Australian wounded on the Menin Road on the Western Front, 1917 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Sat, 26 Aug 2017 13:43:00 +00002993urn:bbc:podcast:w3csv0w3http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csv0w3cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csv0w3Nike and the Sweatshop ProblemOn this week's programme, how campaigners took on Nike in the 1990s, plus the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the newspaper which defied Argentine's military dictatorship. We also find out more about nudism in East Germany and the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.
PHOTO: Nike worker Cicih Sukaesih telling her story in America in 1996 (courtesy of Jeff Ballinger)The ethics of fashion; the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974; and the "Bard of Bengal".On this week's programme, how campaigners took on Nike in the 1990s, plus the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the newspaper which defied Argentine's military dictatorship. We also find out more about nudism in East Germany and the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.
PHOTO: Nike worker Cicih Sukaesih telling her story in America in 1996 (courtesy of Jeff Ballinger)Sat, 19 Aug 2017 08:00:00 +00003019urn:bbc:podcast:w3csv0w2http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csv0w2cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csv0w2Reagan's Bombing JokeRonald Reagan's joke about bombing Russia in the 1980s, the murder of a Palestinian cartoonist in London, communal violence in India a year before partition, the man who discovered the Great Pacific Garbage patch, and Florence Nightingale, in her own words and those of people who knew her.
Photo: American president Ronald Reagan in the 1980s at his desk in the White House, Washington DC. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesReagan's bombing joke, the murder of Naji al Ali, and violence in pre-partition IndiaRonald Reagan's joke about bombing Russia in the 1980s, the murder of a Palestinian cartoonist in London, communal violence in India a year before partition, the man who discovered the Great Pacific Garbage patch, and Florence Nightingale, in her own words and those of people who knew her.
Photo: American president Ronald Reagan in the 1980s at his desk in the White House, Washington DC. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesFri, 11 Aug 2017 17:28:00 +00003124urn:bbc:podcast:w3csv0w1http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csv0w1cleanBBC World Service/programmes/w3csv0w1When Homosexuality Was a CrimeComedian and broadcaster Pete Price speaks about being subjected to horrific aversion therapy to "cure" him of his homosexuality in 1960s Britain. Plus the 99-year-old former aide to the Chinese nationalist leader, Chiang Kai Shek, a radical new approach to housing in the former USSR, the perils of deep sea commercial diving in the North Sea and how the Welsh fought for recognition of their language.
Photo: Pete Price (private collection)The horrific use of aversion therapy for gay men; plus Chiang Kai Shek's former aide.Comedian and broadcaster Pete Price speaks about being subjected to horrific aversion therapy to "cure" him of his homosexuality in 1960s Britain. Plus the 99-year-old former aide to the Chinese nationalist leader, Chiang Kai Shek, a radical new approach to housing in the former USSR, the perils of deep sea commercial diving in the North Sea and how the Welsh fought for recognition of their language.
Photo: Pete Price (private collection)Sat, 29 Jul 2017 13:04:00 +00003036urn:bbc:podcast:p059f799http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p059f799cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p059f799Psychological WarfareSpooking fighters during the Vietnam War, building the Mont Blanc Tunnel, designing a Nintendo legend, the murder of Gianni Versace and archive voices from the 'Bonus Army' a protest movement of WW1 veterans which shook the US government in 1932.
Photo:Viet Cong guerrillas on patrol during the Vietnam War, 2nd March 1966: (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)Spooking fighters during the Vietnam War plus the Mont Blanc Tunnel and a Nintendo legendSpooking fighters during the Vietnam War, building the Mont Blanc Tunnel, designing a Nintendo legend, the murder of Gianni Versace and archive voices from the 'Bonus Army' a protest movement of WW1 veterans which shook the US government in 1932.
Photo:Viet Cong guerrillas on patrol during the Vietnam War, 2nd March 1966: (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)Sat, 22 Jul 2017 13:06:00 +00003009urn:bbc:podcast:p058stkchttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p058stkccleanBBC World Service/programmes/p058stkcThe Oka CrisisA watershed moment for Canada's indigenous people as Mohawks take on the developers, the birth of UKIP in Britain, memories of the poet Irina Ratushinskaya who died earlier this month - plus dance music with ballet star Nureyev's defection and illegal raving in England's countryside.
(PHOTO: A Mohawk activist confronts a soldier. Credit: IATV NEWS)A watershed moment for Canada's indigenous people, the birth of UKIP and Rave.A watershed moment for Canada's indigenous people as Mohawks take on the developers, the birth of UKIP in Britain, memories of the poet Irina Ratushinskaya who died earlier this month - plus dance music with ballet star Nureyev's defection and illegal raving in England's countryside.
(PHOTO: A Mohawk activist confronts a soldier. Credit: IATV NEWS)Sat, 15 Jul 2017 13:00:00 +00003031urn:bbc:podcast:p057xsgdhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p057xsgdcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p057xsgdThe Roswell IncidentIn July 1947 a US rancher found some debris in the New Mexico desert - did it come from an alien spacecraft? Witness hears from the son of one of the US servicemen who investigated the incident, and from Dr David Clarke, expert on UFO history at Sheffield Hallam University.
Plus the first Tamil suicide bombing; a hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure discovered in an English field; a sex scandal in the USSR during perestroika; and the first non-stop journey around the world in a hot air balloon.
PHOTO: Major Jesse Marcel at Fort Worth, Texas with balloon debris from the Roswell incident - copyright AlamyIn July 1947 a US rancher found debris which some believe came from an alien spacecraft.In July 1947 a US rancher found some debris in the New Mexico desert - did it come from an alien spacecraft? Witness hears from the son of one of the US servicemen who investigated the incident, and from Dr David Clarke, expert on UFO history at Sheffield Hallam University.
Plus the first Tamil suicide bombing; a hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure discovered in an English field; a sex scandal in the USSR during perestroika; and the first non-stop journey around the world in a hot air balloon.
PHOTO: Major Jesse Marcel at Fort Worth, Texas with balloon debris from the Roswell incident - copyright AlamySat, 08 Jul 2017 14:00:00 +00003014urn:bbc:podcast:p057hsyvhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p057hsyvcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p057hsyvThe History of Modern TourismIn a tourism special we look at the original low-cost transatlantic airline, based in Iceland, the 1960s Hippie trail. Also the journey that led to the best selling Lonely Planet travel guides, political tensions caused by a luxury resort on the Red Sea and how Disney came to Europe.
(Photo: An Icelandic Airlines advertisement from May 1973, in New York's Fifth Avenue (US National Archives)The Icelandic firm that broke the mould in air travel, the Hippie trail and Euro Disney.In a tourism special we look at the original low-cost transatlantic airline, based in Iceland, the 1960s Hippie trail. Also the journey that led to the best selling Lonely Planet travel guides, political tensions caused by a luxury resort on the Red Sea and how Disney came to Europe.
(Photo: An Icelandic Airlines advertisement from May 1973, in New York's Fifth Avenue (US National Archives)Sun, 02 Jul 2017 11:00:00 +00003009urn:bbc:podcast:p056vtwmhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p056vtwmcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p056vtwmItaly's Secret "State-within-a-State"Murder and conspiracy among Italy's elite, an Italian atrocity in 1930s Ethiopia, Christians in the Korean War, Japan hosts the first Body Worlds, and Asian Americans struggle against racism and violence in the 1980s.
Photo: Robert Calvi, head of Banco Ambrosiano, who was convicted of fraud but released on appeal shortly before his murder (Credit: AFP/Getty Images)Murder and conspiracy among Italy's elite, atrocity in 1930s Ethiopia, and Body WorldsMurder and conspiracy among Italy's elite, an Italian atrocity in 1930s Ethiopia, Christians in the Korean War, Japan hosts the first Body Worlds, and Asian Americans struggle against racism and violence in the 1980s.
Photo: Robert Calvi, head of Banco Ambrosiano, who was convicted of fraud but released on appeal shortly before his murder (Credit: AFP/Getty Images)Sat, 24 Jun 2017 13:00:00 +00003013urn:bbc:podcast:p0566ppthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0566pptcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p0566pptThe Woman Who Stopped Equal Rights in AmericaPhlyllis Schalfly, the woman who defeated a law to guarantee gender equality in the US; plus, the first performance of the Beatles hit "All You Need Is Love", a forgotten WW2 disaster, Berber rights in Algeria, and the volcanic eruption on the island of Montserrat.
PHOTO: American political activist Phyllis Schlafly smiles from behind a pair of podium mounted microphones, 1982. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)In June 1982 Phyllis Schlafly defeated a law to guarantee gender equality in the US.Phlyllis Schalfly, the woman who defeated a law to guarantee gender equality in the US; plus, the first performance of the Beatles hit "All You Need Is Love", a forgotten WW2 disaster, Berber rights in Algeria, and the volcanic eruption on the island of Montserrat.
PHOTO: American political activist Phyllis Schlafly smiles from behind a pair of podium mounted microphones, 1982. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Sat, 17 Jun 2017 13:05:00 +00003005urn:bbc:podcast:p055jw0chttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p055jw0ccleanBBC World Service/programmes/p055jw0cThe Six Day War 1967Soldiers from both sides on the battle for Jerusalem; plus Robert Kennedy's assassination, the child who fought slavery in Pakistan, and the cousin of Anne Frank
Photo:Israeli forces advancing in the Sinai desert during the Six-Day War, June 1967. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Soldiers from both sides on the battle for Jerusalem; plus Robert Kennedy's assassinationSoldiers from both sides on the battle for Jerusalem; plus Robert Kennedy's assassination, the child who fought slavery in Pakistan, and the cousin of Anne Frank
Photo:Israeli forces advancing in the Sinai desert during the Six-Day War, June 1967. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Sat, 10 Jun 2017 13:00:00 +00003021urn:bbc:podcast:p054vhc6http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p054vhc6cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p054vhc6Operation Lifeline: Canada's Refugee RevolutionHow private citizens in Canada sponsored Vietnamese boat-people. Plus the first ever charity rock concert for Chernobyl, the actor who stared in a Hitchcock murder movie, America's first ever female rabbi and Mr Sanitation brings clean toilets in India.
Photo: A Vietnamese boat crowded with refugees runs aground on the Malaysian coast. 1979 (BBC)Citizens sponsor refugees, a rock concert for Chernobyl and the first US female rabbi.How private citizens in Canada sponsored Vietnamese boat-people. Plus the first ever charity rock concert for Chernobyl, the actor who stared in a Hitchcock murder movie, America's first ever female rabbi and Mr Sanitation brings clean toilets in India.
Photo: A Vietnamese boat crowded with refugees runs aground on the Malaysian coast. 1979 (BBC)Sat, 03 Jun 2017 13:00:00 +00003038urn:bbc:podcast:p05465lfhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05465lfcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p05465lfBrown v The Board of EducationThe 1954 US Supreme Court ruling that led to the end of racial segregation in US schools, the Iranian woman protestor whose death on film shocked the world; the start of the worldwide dieting franchise, Weight Watchers and who was Alexander Hamilton?
(Photo African American student Linda Brown, Cheryl Brown Henderson's eldest sister (front, C) sitting in her segregated classroom.Credit: GettyArchive)Racial segregation ends in US schools; Iran's 2009 election protest; and Weight WatchersThe 1954 US Supreme Court ruling that led to the end of racial segregation in US schools, the Iranian woman protestor whose death on film shocked the world; the start of the worldwide dieting franchise, Weight Watchers and who was Alexander Hamilton?
(Photo African American student Linda Brown, Cheryl Brown Henderson's eldest sister (front, C) sitting in her segregated classroom.Credit: GettyArchive)Sat, 20 May 2017 13:00:00 +00003095urn:bbc:podcast:p052vsq4http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p052vsq4cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p052vsq4The Trial of Maurice PaponThe French minister tried for colluding with the Nazis, the USSR's version of James Bond, the beginning of China's economic boom, plus the first time Americans were told they were too fat - but that their wine was better than France's.
PHOTO: Maurice Papon in October 1997, shortly after his trial for war crimes opened. (Credit: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images)The French minister tried for Nazi collusion, the USSR's 007 and US wine beats French.The French minister tried for colluding with the Nazis, the USSR's version of James Bond, the beginning of China's economic boom, plus the first time Americans were told they were too fat - but that their wine was better than France's.
PHOTO: Maurice Papon in October 1997, shortly after his trial for war crimes opened. (Credit: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images)Sat, 13 May 2017 13:10:00 +00003031urn:bbc:podcast:p0525ggqhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0525ggqcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p0525ggqThe Invention of LiposuctionIn the 1970s, Italian cosmetic surgeons Arpad and Giorgio Fischer developed the modern technique of liposuction, which involves sucking out fat from under the skin. The global cosmetic surgery industry is now booming and liposuction is one of the most popular procedures. Also in the programme, the little-known civil war in Tajikistan after the breakup of the Soviet Union, how French troops mutinied toward the end of World War One and the start of the legendary Magnum photo agency.
Photo: A doctor performs a liposuction at a hospital in Shanghai, China (Credit: AFP /LIU Jin)The start of the cosmetic surgery industry; the Tajik Civil War; and Magnum photo agencyIn the 1970s, Italian cosmetic surgeons Arpad and Giorgio Fischer developed the modern technique of liposuction, which involves sucking out fat from under the skin. The global cosmetic surgery industry is now booming and liposuction is one of the most popular procedures. Also in the programme, the little-known civil war in Tajikistan after the breakup of the Soviet Union, how French troops mutinied toward the end of World War One and the start of the legendary Magnum photo agency.
Photo: A doctor performs a liposuction at a hospital in Shanghai, China (Credit: AFP /LIU Jin)Sat, 06 May 2017 13:00:00 +00003100urn:bbc:podcast:p051jftdhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p051jftdcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p051jftdSearching For Argentina's DisappearedIn April 1977 a group of women in Argentina held the first ever public demonstration to demand the release of thousands of opponents of the military regime. It was the start of a long campaign by the women, who became known as the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. Also on the programme: the controversy surrounding Syria's presence in Lebanon, plus the pioneer of psychotherapy RD Laing, Bulgaria's attempts to crush Turkish language and culture, and we hear the shocking testimony of a survivor of Bosnia's notorious rape camps.
(Photo: Mirta Baravalle of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, with a black-and-white photograph of her daughter, Ana Maria)Defying Argentina's military rulers, when Syria left Lebanon and Bosnia's rape camps.In April 1977 a group of women in Argentina held the first ever public demonstration to demand the release of thousands of opponents of the military regime. It was the start of a long campaign by the women, who became known as the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. Also on the programme: the controversy surrounding Syria's presence in Lebanon, plus the pioneer of psychotherapy RD Laing, Bulgaria's attempts to crush Turkish language and culture, and we hear the shocking testimony of a survivor of Bosnia's notorious rape camps.
(Photo: Mirta Baravalle of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, with a black-and-white photograph of her daughter, Ana Maria)Sat, 29 Apr 2017 13:00:00 +00003014urn:bbc:podcast:p050vktthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p050vkttcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p050vkttCharlie Chaplin Returns to America from ExileCharlie Chaplin's son on his father's political views and his rocky relationship with his one-time adopted home, America. Plus the Hubble telescope produces the first clear pictures of the furthest galaxies; shaking off colonialism with the world's first festival for black artists; Japan launches a new way of learning the violin and tragedy in Latin America when American missionaries flying over Peru were mistaken for drug-runners.
(Photo: Charlie Chaplin as the Tramp in the 1925 film, The Gold Rush. Credit: Getty Images)Charlie Chaplin, images of the furthest galaxies and the world's first black festival.Charlie Chaplin's son on his father's political views and his rocky relationship with his one-time adopted home, America. Plus the Hubble telescope produces the first clear pictures of the furthest galaxies; shaking off colonialism with the world's first festival for black artists; Japan launches a new way of learning the violin and tragedy in Latin America when American missionaries flying over Peru were mistaken for drug-runners.
(Photo: Charlie Chaplin as the Tramp in the 1925 film, The Gold Rush. Credit: Getty Images)Sat, 22 Apr 2017 13:00:00 +00002994urn:bbc:podcast:p0506tx3http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0506tx3cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p0506tx3The Takeover of Russia's NTVNTV was Russia's only nationwide independent TV station until it was taken over in April 2001. We hear from the head of the station at the time. Plus, Ethiopia's Red Terror; the Katyn massacre during WW2; a breakthrough for disability rights in the US with the 504 sit-in; and Sikh bus drivers in the UK win the right to wear turbans to work.
Photo: Life size puppets of Russian political leaders including President Putin, on the set of NTV's popular satirical television show "Puppets"; June 29, 2000. Credit: Oleg Nikishin/Newsmakers/GettyA setback for media freedom in Russia; Ethiopia's Red Terror; and WW2's Katyn massacre.NTV was Russia's only nationwide independent TV station until it was taken over in April 2001. We hear from the head of the station at the time. Plus, Ethiopia's Red Terror; the Katyn massacre during WW2; a breakthrough for disability rights in the US with the 504 sit-in; and Sikh bus drivers in the UK win the right to wear turbans to work.
Photo: Life size puppets of Russian political leaders including President Putin, on the set of NTV's popular satirical television show "Puppets"; June 29, 2000. Credit: Oleg Nikishin/Newsmakers/GettySat, 15 Apr 2017 13:00:00 +00003003urn:bbc:podcast:p04yzt0bhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04yzt0bcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04yzt0bHow Princess Diana changed the perception of AIDSThe royal handshake that changed attitudes to AIDS, America enters WW1, plus Egypt's Facebook girl, Nagorno Karabakh and remembering Jane Fonda's workout
(Photo: Princess Diana with an AIDS patient at the Middlesex Hospital April 1987. Credit REX/Shutterstock)A handshake that changed attitudes to AIDS, America enters WW1, and Egypt's Facebook girlThe royal handshake that changed attitudes to AIDS, America enters WW1, plus Egypt's Facebook girl, Nagorno Karabakh and remembering Jane Fonda's workout
(Photo: Princess Diana with an AIDS patient at the Middlesex Hospital April 1987. Credit REX/Shutterstock)Mon, 10 Apr 2017 07:45:00 +00003006urn:bbc:podcast:p04yrrzjhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04yrrzjcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04yrrzjThe Flavr Savr Tomato - The World's First Genetically Engineered FoodIn 1994 the world's first genetically-engineered food went on sale in the US. It was a tomato, called the 'Flavr Savr' which stayed fresh for up to 30 days. Plus, a mysterious anthrax outbreak in the Soviet Union; the murder of a Catholic archbishop in El Salvador; and the Teletubbies turn 20.
Photo: Roger Salquist, former Chairman and CEO of Calgene (courtesy of Roger Salquist)The GM food debate, an anthrax outbreak in the Soviet Union, and the Teletubbies turn 20.In 1994 the world's first genetically-engineered food went on sale in the US. It was a tomato, called the 'Flavr Savr' which stayed fresh for up to 30 days. Plus, a mysterious anthrax outbreak in the Soviet Union; the murder of a Catholic archbishop in El Salvador; and the Teletubbies turn 20.
Photo: Roger Salquist, former Chairman and CEO of Calgene (courtesy of Roger Salquist)Sat, 01 Apr 2017 08:00:00 +00003025urn:bbc:podcast:p04y16knhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04y16kncleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04y16knThe First Russian Revolution of 1917100 years since the Russian Revolution, Imperial Russia in colour, AIDS and the mystery of 'Patient Zero', when Indian sex workers marched for employment rights and the British Lord who fled the Nazis in Czechoslovakia as a six year old on the Kindertransport.
Photo: 12th March 1917: Barricades across a street in St Petersburg, as a red flag floats above the cannons, during the Russian Revolution. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)The Russian Revolution, AIDS and 'Patient Zero' plus escaping the Nazis as a child.100 years since the Russian Revolution, Imperial Russia in colour, AIDS and the mystery of 'Patient Zero', when Indian sex workers marched for employment rights and the British Lord who fled the Nazis in Czechoslovakia as a six year old on the Kindertransport.
Photo: 12th March 1917: Barricades across a street in St Petersburg, as a red flag floats above the cannons, during the Russian Revolution. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Sat, 18 Mar 2017 05:06:00 +00003065urn:bbc:podcast:p04wkrybhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04wkrybcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04wkrybKuwaiti Women Secure the VoteWomen in Kuwait win the right to vote, and the only women on the front line on the Western Front in World War One; battling smog in Mexico City in the 1980s, the artist Georgia O'Keeffe, and America's first incident of Islamic terror forty years ago.
Photo: the first women candidates for parliamentary elections in Kuwait in 2006, Aisha al-Rashid (R) and Rola Dashti (C)
(Credit: Yasser al-Zayya/AFP/Getty Images)Kuwaiti women win the vote; smog in Mexico, and America's first Islamic terror incidentWomen in Kuwait win the right to vote, and the only women on the front line on the Western Front in World War One; battling smog in Mexico City in the 1980s, the artist Georgia O'Keeffe, and America's first incident of Islamic terror forty years ago.
Photo: the first women candidates for parliamentary elections in Kuwait in 2006, Aisha al-Rashid (R) and Rola Dashti (C)
(Credit: Yasser al-Zayya/AFP/Getty Images)Fri, 10 Mar 2017 17:06:00 +00003004urn:bbc:podcast:p04vtdq2http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04vtdq2cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04vtdq2Mother Teresa - The Nun Who Became A SaintLife with Mother Teresa among the poorest of the poor in Calcutta, how the World Health Organisation came to realise that obesity was a global problem and Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House. Plus the immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks - a remarkable story of one woman's impact on medical research.
(PHOTO: AP Mother Teresa holds a child in 1978)Life with Mother Teresa, the birth of Nollywood and Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House.Life with Mother Teresa among the poorest of the poor in Calcutta, how the World Health Organisation came to realise that obesity was a global problem and Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House. Plus the immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks - a remarkable story of one woman's impact on medical research.
(PHOTO: AP Mother Teresa holds a child in 1978)Sat, 04 Mar 2017 09:00:00 +00003031urn:bbc:podcast:p04v1gpphttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04v1gppcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04v1gppThe German American BundIn the 1930s, a group of German-American Nazi sympathisers known as the German American Bund held rallies and summer camps across the US. Also, the lawyers who helped Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic defend himself against war crimes charges and how vandals attacked Denmark's famous Little Mermaid Statue.Nazis in 1930s America; Slobodan Milosevic on trial; attacks on Denmark's Little Mermaid.In the 1930s, a group of German-American Nazi sympathisers known as the German American Bund held rallies and summer camps across the US. Also, the lawyers who helped Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic defend himself against war crimes charges and how vandals attacked Denmark's famous Little Mermaid Statue.Sat, 25 Feb 2017 09:00:00 +00003035urn:bbc:podcast:p04tbvfqhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04tbvfqcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04tbvfqLove and MarriageFrom speed-dating to gay romance, from divorce to bigamy we look at recent changes in the way society perceives love and marriage. Plus - an expert view on how to make sure your love endures.
Photo: A heart hanging over Carnaby Street in London. Credit: BBC.From speed-dating to gay romance, from divorce to chastity, recent changes in love.From speed-dating to gay romance, from divorce to bigamy we look at recent changes in the way society perceives love and marriage. Plus - an expert view on how to make sure your love endures.
Photo: A heart hanging over Carnaby Street in London. Credit: BBC.Sat, 18 Feb 2017 17:00:00 +00003007urn:bbc:podcast:p04smvzzhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04smvzzcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04smvzzSanctuary Cities in the USAThis week how American cities like San Francisco became safe havens for undocumented immigrants, the story of Tilikum and first recorded killing of a human by an orca whale, discovering DNA, the ship wreck that gave locals whiskey galore and Kenya's smash hit song - that got everyone singing in Swahili.
(Photo: Supporters of Sanctuary Cities demonstrating in San Francisco, January 2017. Credit: AP)US safe havens for undocumented immigrants, a killer killer whale, DNA, and a Kenyan hit.This week how American cities like San Francisco became safe havens for undocumented immigrants, the story of Tilikum and first recorded killing of a human by an orca whale, discovering DNA, the ship wreck that gave locals whiskey galore and Kenya's smash hit song - that got everyone singing in Swahili.
(Photo: Supporters of Sanctuary Cities demonstrating in San Francisco, January 2017. Credit: AP)Sat, 11 Feb 2017 00:10:00 +00003009urn:bbc:podcast:p04rxgg9http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04rxgg9cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04rxgg9The End of ApartheidFormer South African police minister on ending apartheid, eyewitness to Black Hawk Down, landmark sexual harassment case in India, the last South American war and a record breaking solo trek across the Antarctic
Picture: Anti-apartheid protestors demonstrate in Cape Town on the same day that President de Klerk announced the lifting of the ban on the ANC and the release of all political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela (Credit: RASHID LOMBARD/AFP/Getty Images)Former South African police minister talks apartheid, Black Hawk Down and a polar recordFormer South African police minister on ending apartheid, eyewitness to Black Hawk Down, landmark sexual harassment case in India, the last South American war and a record breaking solo trek across the Antarctic
Picture: Anti-apartheid protestors demonstrate in Cape Town on the same day that President de Klerk announced the lifting of the ban on the ANC and the release of all political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela (Credit: RASHID LOMBARD/AFP/Getty Images)Sat, 04 Feb 2017 09:00:00 +00003015urn:bbc:podcast:p04r4ckchttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04r4ckccleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04r4ckcThe Aboriginal Tent EmbassyOn 26 January 1972 four Aboriginal men began a protest outside Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. They erected a beach umbrella on the grass and called it an 'embassy'.
Plus, the murder of five lawyers in Madrid in 1977, which became a turning point in Spain's return to democracy; the invention of the microwave oven; Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; and 75 years of the BBC's longest-running programme, Desert Island Discs.Indigenous rights in Australia, the invention of the microwave, and Desert Island Discs.On 26 January 1972 four Aboriginal men began a protest outside Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. They erected a beach umbrella on the grass and called it an 'embassy'.
Plus, the murder of five lawyers in Madrid in 1977, which became a turning point in Spain's return to democracy; the invention of the microwave oven; Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; and 75 years of the BBC's longest-running programme, Desert Island Discs.Sat, 28 Jan 2017 12:00:00 +00003012urn:bbc:podcast:p04q9rdlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04q9rdlcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04q9rdlRoots - The TV SeriesThe epic mini-series about slavery in the US hit TV screens in January 1977. We hear from actor Leslie Uggams, who played the character Kizzy, recalling how "Roots" revolutionised perceptions about African-American history. Plus: when peace deal ended El Salvador's brutal civil war, the murder of prominent Turkish Armenian journalist, Hrant Dink, life in the world's largest refugee camp, and how Dungeons and Dragons came about.
(Photo: Actors LeVar Burton, Todd Bridges and Robert Reed in Roots. Credit: Alamy)Slavery on US TV, peace in El Salvador, Hrant Dink's murder; and Dungeons and Dragons.The epic mini-series about slavery in the US hit TV screens in January 1977. We hear from actor Leslie Uggams, who played the character Kizzy, recalling how "Roots" revolutionised perceptions about African-American history. Plus: when peace deal ended El Salvador's brutal civil war, the murder of prominent Turkish Armenian journalist, Hrant Dink, life in the world's largest refugee camp, and how Dungeons and Dragons came about.
(Photo: Actors LeVar Burton, Todd Bridges and Robert Reed in Roots. Credit: Alamy)Sat, 21 Jan 2017 16:09:00 +00003017urn:bbc:podcast:p04pj43qhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04pj43qcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04pj43qPrincess Diana's Minefield WalkIn 1997, the Princess of Wales made a high-profile visit to a landmine clearance programme in Angola. Her trip is credited with boosting the campaign for a global landmine treaty signed later that year. Also, the man who rewrote the rules on transitions of power in the USA, the first woman to wear a headscarf into the Turkish parliament and the triumph of British espionage that changed the course of World War One.
PHOTO: Princess Diana in Angola in 1997 (Credit: Alamy)A royal visit boosts landmine campaigners, Turkey's headscarf pioneer and spying in WW1In 1997, the Princess of Wales made a high-profile visit to a landmine clearance programme in Angola. Her trip is credited with boosting the campaign for a global landmine treaty signed later that year. Also, the man who rewrote the rules on transitions of power in the USA, the first woman to wear a headscarf into the Turkish parliament and the triumph of British espionage that changed the course of World War One.
PHOTO: Princess Diana in Angola in 1997 (Credit: Alamy)Sat, 14 Jan 2017 16:40:00 +00003038urn:bbc:podcast:p04nqhb9http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04nqhb9cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04nqhb9American CommunistsThe early American Communists, a North Vietnamese tunneler who helped outsmart the Americans and win the war in Vietnam, plus the pyramid scheme failure in Albania which left gun-toting children on the streets. Also how five American missionaries paid the ultimate price after seeking out a remote tribe in Ecuador but left a lasting legacy, and the petition signed in Czechoslovakia which helped bring about the end of communism.
Photograph: Ella and Bert Wolfe (courtesy of the Hoover Institution ArchivesAmerican Communists, gun-toting children in Albania and death and forgiveness in Ecuador.The early American Communists, a North Vietnamese tunneler who helped outsmart the Americans and win the war in Vietnam, plus the pyramid scheme failure in Albania which left gun-toting children on the streets. Also how five American missionaries paid the ultimate price after seeking out a remote tribe in Ecuador but left a lasting legacy, and the petition signed in Czechoslovakia which helped bring about the end of communism.
Photograph: Ella and Bert Wolfe (courtesy of the Hoover Institution ArchivesSat, 07 Jan 2017 09:00:00 +00003015urn:bbc:podcast:p04n1x7khttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04n1x7kcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04n1x7kThe Break-Up of the Soviet UnionDecember 1991 saw the end of 70 years of communist rule and the collapse of the Soviet Union. We hear from two of the key signatories of the dissolution treaty, a witness to the ensuing crisis in one of the newly independent states, and from an American nuclear expert who helped clean-up the former USSR. Also, the performance artist protesting about the growing divide between rich and poor, and the first editor of Vogue magazine in Russia.
Photo: The leaders of Ukraine and Belorussia, alongside Russian leader Boris Yeltsin, at the ceremony formally dissolving the USSR in December 1991, Credit: APKey players in the fall of the USSR recall the momentous events of December 1991December 1991 saw the end of 70 years of communist rule and the collapse of the Soviet Union. We hear from two of the key signatories of the dissolution treaty, a witness to the ensuing crisis in one of the newly independent states, and from an American nuclear expert who helped clean-up the former USSR. Also, the performance artist protesting about the growing divide between rich and poor, and the first editor of Vogue magazine in Russia.
Photo: The leaders of Ukraine and Belorussia, alongside Russian leader Boris Yeltsin, at the ceremony formally dissolving the USSR in December 1991, Credit: APSat, 31 Dec 2016 16:29:00 +00003028urn:bbc:podcast:p04kxdchhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04kxdchcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04kxdchDeath of an AnarchistThe controversial death in police custody of Italian anarchist, Giuseppe Pinelli, the Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett how Greece and Turkey almost came to war over a tiny rocky island in the Aegean sea, also the experimental film-maker Derek Jarman and how on Christmas day in 1968 Apollo 8 became the first spacecraft to leave the Earth's orbit and travel to the moon.
Photo:Giuseppe 'Pino' Pinelli, with his wife Licia and his daughters Silvia and Claudia. Credit: The Pinelli Family.The controversial death of Giuseppe Pinelli, Samuel Beckett and flying to the moonThe controversial death in police custody of Italian anarchist, Giuseppe Pinelli, the Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett how Greece and Turkey almost came to war over a tiny rocky island in the Aegean sea, also the experimental film-maker Derek Jarman and how on Christmas day in 1968 Apollo 8 became the first spacecraft to leave the Earth's orbit and travel to the moon.
Photo:Giuseppe 'Pino' Pinelli, with his wife Licia and his daughters Silvia and Claudia. Credit: The Pinelli Family.Sat, 24 Dec 2016 10:00:00 +00003009urn:bbc:podcast:p04krtryhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04krtrycleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04krtryYoyes, ETA's female iconThe life and untimely death of a Basque separatist fighter, resisting the Nazis in Lithuania, a medical breakthrough that prevented babies from dying in their cots, the grand old lady of Brazilian TV soaps, and the Hindu milk miracle.
Photograph: Maria Dolores Gonzalez Katarain, known as Yoyes, who was the first woman to join the leadership of the separatist group, ETAThe death of a Basque fighter, resisting the Nazis in Lithuania, and a Hindu milk miracleThe life and untimely death of a Basque separatist fighter, resisting the Nazis in Lithuania, a medical breakthrough that prevented babies from dying in their cots, the grand old lady of Brazilian TV soaps, and the Hindu milk miracle.
Photograph: Maria Dolores Gonzalez Katarain, known as Yoyes, who was the first woman to join the leadership of the separatist group, ETAFri, 16 Dec 2016 17:34:00 +00003007urn:bbc:podcast:p04kz9l6http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04kz9l6cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04kz9l6100 Women History HourA special edition of the programme remembering some of the women that history has overlooked. From women warriors to women scientists. From rural women, to factory workers we bring you the stories of women who made a contribution to history - and who deserve to be remembered.A special edition of the programme remembering women that history has overlooked.A special edition of the programme remembering some of the women that history has overlooked. From women warriors to women scientists. From rural women, to factory workers we bring you the stories of women who made a contribution to history - and who deserve to be remembered.Sat, 10 Dec 2016 09:00:00 +00002982urn:bbc:podcast:p04k2g71http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04k2g71cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04k2g71Bob Marley Survives Assassination AttemptThe shooting of Bob Marley in 1976, the resistance of the Mirabal Sisters, how Ralph Nader made Americans safer, discovering Colombia's ancient Lost City and when Le Corbusier built Chandigarh - India's 1950s modernist marvel.
Photo: Bob Marley, 1970s (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)The shooting of Bob Marley, the resistance of the Mirabal Sisters, Colombia's Lost CityThe shooting of Bob Marley in 1976, the resistance of the Mirabal Sisters, how Ralph Nader made Americans safer, discovering Colombia's ancient Lost City and when Le Corbusier built Chandigarh - India's 1950s modernist marvel.
Photo: Bob Marley, 1970s (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)Sat, 03 Dec 2016 09:00:00 +00003003urn:bbc:podcast:p04j22bphttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04j22bpcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04j22bpThe 1948 French Miners' StrikeThis week, the French Miners' strike of 1948, 50 years since the launch of the Cabaret musical, the Silk Letters Movement of British India, the plane-spotters jailed for spying and how to save baby elephants!
(Photo: French President Francois Hollande welcomes former striker Norbert Gilmez during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris. September 2016. Credit:Reuters.)How coal miners in post-war France went from being seen as heroes, to pariahs.This week, the French Miners' strike of 1948, 50 years since the launch of the Cabaret musical, the Silk Letters Movement of British India, the plane-spotters jailed for spying and how to save baby elephants!
(Photo: French President Francois Hollande welcomes former striker Norbert Gilmez during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris. September 2016. Credit:Reuters.)Fri, 25 Nov 2016 17:48:00 +00003002urn:bbc:podcast:p04h15glhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04h15glcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04h15glThe Dili MassacreIt is 25 years since Indonesian troops attacked protestors in the East Timorese capital, plus the impact of The Satanic Verses on British society, smuggling endangered birds out of the jungles of South America, a palace burns in Madagascar and the inspiration behind James Bond's theme tune.
(Photo: East Timorese activists preparing for the protest that ended in tragedy. Copyright: Max Stahl)Horror in East Timor, book-burning in Britain and the birth of the James Bond theme tune.It is 25 years since Indonesian troops attacked protestors in the East Timorese capital, plus the impact of The Satanic Verses on British society, smuggling endangered birds out of the jungles of South America, a palace burns in Madagascar and the inspiration behind James Bond's theme tune.
(Photo: East Timorese activists preparing for the protest that ended in tragedy. Copyright: Max Stahl)Sat, 19 Nov 2016 16:25:00 +00003024urn:bbc:podcast:p04g42p6http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04g42p6cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04g42p6The Pitcairn Sex Abuse TrialA mass child sex abuse trial on a remote island in the Pacific that shocked the world, a controversial Kurdish song, the birth of Rolling Stone magazine, men versus computers, and street fighting in San Salvador in the 1980s
Photo: Adamstown, seen in this June 2003 photo of Pitcairn Island (AP)Alleged sex abuse on a remote island, a controversial Kurdish song, men versus computersA mass child sex abuse trial on a remote island in the Pacific that shocked the world, a controversial Kurdish song, the birth of Rolling Stone magazine, men versus computers, and street fighting in San Salvador in the 1980s
Photo: Adamstown, seen in this June 2003 photo of Pitcairn Island (AP)Sun, 13 Nov 2016 04:30:00 +00003016urn:bbc:podcast:p04f9s6ghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04f9s6gcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04f9s6gDickey Chapelle - War ReporterOn this week's programme, how pioneering American woman war reporter, Dickey Chapelle, was killed in Vietnam; plus two very different perspectives on Mao's China, Mexican writer Octavio Paz and the escape which made Harry Houdini's name.
PHOTO: Dickey Chapelle during a US Marines operation in 1958 (Credit: US Marine Corps / Associated Press)The pioneering American woman journalist; life in Mao's China; and Harry Houdini.On this week's programme, how pioneering American woman war reporter, Dickey Chapelle, was killed in Vietnam; plus two very different perspectives on Mao's China, Mexican writer Octavio Paz and the escape which made Harry Houdini's name.
PHOTO: Dickey Chapelle during a US Marines operation in 1958 (Credit: US Marine Corps / Associated Press)Sat, 05 Nov 2016 09:00:00 +00003012urn:bbc:podcast:p04dl2c6http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04dl2c6cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04dl2c6Shell ShockWorld War One veterans describe Shell Shock and Prof. Edgar Jones of Kings College on the psychiatric cost of war; plus Hungary's 1956 uprising, how French intelligence was rocked by the abduction of activist Mehdi Ben Barka, the history of Marvel Comics and London's Big Bang.
Photo: French troops shelter during bombardment, 1918. (General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)The psychiatric cost of WW1; Hungary's 1956 uprising, Marvel Comics and London's Big BangWorld War One veterans describe Shell Shock and Prof. Edgar Jones of Kings College on the psychiatric cost of war; plus Hungary's 1956 uprising, how French intelligence was rocked by the abduction of activist Mehdi Ben Barka, the history of Marvel Comics and London's Big Bang.
Photo: French troops shelter during bombardment, 1918. (General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)Sat, 29 Oct 2016 07:00:00 +00003327urn:bbc:podcast:p04cscclhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04cscclcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p04cscclThe Mayak Nuclear DisasterOne of the world's worst nuclear disasters, the most notorious prison riot in America, Second World War internment in Australia, resistance in apartheid South Africa, and one of Britain's most celebrated artists, Stanley Spencer, through the eyes of his daughters.
Photo: The Mayak nuclear reprocessing plant in 2010. Credit: European Pressphoto AgencyA nuclear disaster, America's worst prison riot, World War Two internment and apartheidOne of the world's worst nuclear disasters, the most notorious prison riot in America, Second World War internment in Australia, resistance in apartheid South Africa, and one of Britain's most celebrated artists, Stanley Spencer, through the eyes of his daughters.
Photo: The Mayak nuclear reprocessing plant in 2010. Credit: European Pressphoto AgencyFri, 30 Sep 2016 20:47:00 +00003017urn:bbc:podcast:p048vw3yhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p048vw3ycleanBBC World Service/programmes/p048vw3yThe University of Texas ShootingOn 1 August 1966, student Charles Whitman shot dead 14 people and injured another 32 in America's first mass shooting at a university. Plus, the oldest arts festival in the Middle East; how President Reagan smashed the power of the trade unions; and meeting JD Salinger, the reclusive author of "The Catcher in the Rye".
PHOTO: Associated Press.The first campus killings in the US; an arts festival in Lebanon; meeting JD SalingerOn 1 August 1966, student Charles Whitman shot dead 14 people and injured another 32 in America's first mass shooting at a university. Plus, the oldest arts festival in the Middle East; how President Reagan smashed the power of the trade unions; and meeting JD Salinger, the reclusive author of "The Catcher in the Rye".
PHOTO: Associated Press.Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:05:00 +00003044urn:bbc:podcast:p0430fhrhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0430fhrcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p0430fhrFirst CIA coup in Latin AmericaIn this week's programme, we hear personal accounts of two fronts in America's Cold War fight against communism: Guatemala and Russia itself. Plus, the earthquake in China that killed a quarter of a million; riots in the English city of Liverpool; and remembering Picasso in his prime.
PHOTO: Army officers opposed to President Arbenz go over a map of the territory on their push to Zacapa and then to Guatemala City, July 1954. (AP Photo)America's fight against communism; giant China earthquake; riots in Liverpool; Picasso.In this week's programme, we hear personal accounts of two fronts in America's Cold War fight against communism: Guatemala and Russia itself. Plus, the earthquake in China that killed a quarter of a million; riots in the English city of Liverpool; and remembering Picasso in his prime.
PHOTO: Army officers opposed to President Arbenz go over a map of the territory on their push to Zacapa and then to Guatemala City, July 1954. (AP Photo)Sat, 30 Jul 2016 08:00:00 +00003018urn:bbc:podcast:p0429lfzhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0429lfzcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p0429lfzTanzania's UjamaaSocialism in Tanzania, the man who assassinated the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo, the crash of the Soviet supersonic jet Concordski, 20 years to build a road and Date Rape
(Photo: Tanzanian women cultivating the soil. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)Socialism in Tanzania, assassination in the Caribbean, the Concordski crash and Date RapeSocialism in Tanzania, the man who assassinated the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo, the crash of the Soviet supersonic jet Concordski, 20 years to build a road and Date Rape
(Photo: Tanzanian women cultivating the soil. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)Sat, 04 Jun 2016 07:06:00 +00003044urn:bbc:podcast:p03wj5hxhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03wj5hxcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p03wj5hxThe Thalidomide TrialExecutives of the German company that made the drug Thalodomide go on trial. Plus, Chechen rebels negotiate peace with President Yeltsin; the Israeli airlift of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews; Hands Across America, the day millions of Americans formed a human chain to try to end poverty; and the execution of the Queen of England, Anne Boleyn.
Photograph: A Thalidomide child undergoes rehabilitation, 1963 (Credit: Keystone/Getty Images)German drugs company goes on trial; Hands Across America; the execution of Anne Boleyn.Executives of the German company that made the drug Thalodomide go on trial. Plus, Chechen rebels negotiate peace with President Yeltsin; the Israeli airlift of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews; Hands Across America, the day millions of Americans formed a human chain to try to end poverty; and the execution of the Queen of England, Anne Boleyn.
Photograph: A Thalidomide child undergoes rehabilitation, 1963 (Credit: Keystone/Getty Images)Sat, 28 May 2016 08:00:00 +00003013urn:bbc:podcast:p03vt302http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03vt302cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p03vt302Remembering ChernobylChernobyl, the world's worst nuclear disaster; the funeral of Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution changed the world; plus, the impact of being accused during the McCarthy era in America, and two style icons of the Sixties, the Mini and Yves St Laurent.
Photo: a Swedish farmer wears protective clothing because of contamination from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster (Credit: STF/AFP/Getty Images)Remembering Chernobyl, Charles Darwin and the McCarthy era, plus 60s icon, the MiniChernobyl, the world's worst nuclear disaster; the funeral of Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution changed the world; plus, the impact of being accused during the McCarthy era in America, and two style icons of the Sixties, the Mini and Yves St Laurent.
Photo: a Swedish farmer wears protective clothing because of contamination from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster (Credit: STF/AFP/Getty Images)Sat, 30 Apr 2016 07:53:00 +00003020urn:bbc:podcast:p03rxtd5http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03rxtd5cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p03rxtd5The Original Revolutionary FeministRussia's revolutionary feminist, British women after the First World War, poisoning in the Balkans, a miscarriage of justice in Britain, and the world's worst aviation disasterFeminism in the 20th century, poisoning in the Balkans, and a miscarriage of justiceRussia's revolutionary feminist, British women after the First World War, poisoning in the Balkans, a miscarriage of justice in Britain, and the world's worst aviation disasterSat, 12 Mar 2016 10:22:00 +00003018urn:bbc:podcast:p03lkp2dhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03lkp2dcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p03lkp2dThe Battle of VerdunThe World War One battle that traumatised France; the Austrian mountaineer who wrote Seven Years in Tibet; how Christian Dior revolutionised fashion with the 'New Look'. Plus, how Foot-and-Mouth disease broke the hearts of British farmers and the botched assassination which humiliated the Israeli Secret Service.
(Photo: French Troops under fire at Verdun. Credit: General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)The battle that traumatised France, forbidden Tibet in the 1940s and fashion's New LookThe World War One battle that traumatised France; the Austrian mountaineer who wrote Seven Years in Tibet; how Christian Dior revolutionised fashion with the 'New Look'. Plus, how Foot-and-Mouth disease broke the hearts of British farmers and the botched assassination which humiliated the Israeli Secret Service.
(Photo: French Troops under fire at Verdun. Credit: General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)Sat, 20 Feb 2016 14:00:00 +00003032urn:bbc:podcast:p03jdr28http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03jdr28cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p03jdr28ProzacThe birth of the Prozac generation, the battle to save Afghanistan's ancient artworks and death and violence in the Spanish embassy in Guatemala. Plus we hear about an American political corruption scandal and the launch of the Disney classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.The birth of the Prozac generation, saving ancient Afghan artworks, plus a Disney classicThe birth of the Prozac generation, the battle to save Afghanistan's ancient artworks and death and violence in the Spanish embassy in Guatemala. Plus we hear about an American political corruption scandal and the launch of the Disney classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.Sat, 06 Feb 2016 10:14:00 +00003016urn:bbc:podcast:p03gyqc5http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03gyqc5cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p03gyqc5The Challenger DisasterThe launch of space shuttle Challenger goes horribly wrong, Rupert Murdoch goes to war with his print unions, Australia's 18th century penal colonies, Sharia law in Nigeria, and Batman comes to TV.
Photo: Christa McAuliffe (left) and Barbara Morgan. Credit: NasaThe launch of space shuttle Challenger goes horribly wrong, Sharia in Nigeria, and Batman.The launch of space shuttle Challenger goes horribly wrong, Rupert Murdoch goes to war with his print unions, Australia's 18th century penal colonies, Sharia law in Nigeria, and Batman comes to TV.
Photo: Christa McAuliffe (left) and Barbara Morgan. Credit: NasaSat, 30 Jan 2016 10:00:00 +00003005urn:bbc:podcast:p03g9g4thttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g9g4tcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p03g9g4tMichael Jackson's ThrillerThe 1982 release of the world's best selling album; plus the untimely death of General George S Patton; the former child star Karolyn Grimes on the film It's A Wonderful Life, the Beagle 2 mission to Mars, and Vladimir Nabokov's scandalous book, Lolita.
(Photo: Michael Jackson and assorted zombies in the video for Thriller in 1983. Credit: 01/01/1983 Publicity Handout)The release of the world's best-selling album, the death of a WW2 hero, and Beagle 2The 1982 release of the world's best selling album; plus the untimely death of General George S Patton; the former child star Karolyn Grimes on the film It's A Wonderful Life, the Beagle 2 mission to Mars, and Vladimir Nabokov's scandalous book, Lolita.
(Photo: Michael Jackson and assorted zombies in the video for Thriller in 1983. Credit: 01/01/1983 Publicity Handout)Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:08:00 +00002703urn:bbc:podcast:p03b1t0shttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03b1t0scleanBBC World Service/programmes/p03b1t0sThe Battle of Tora BoraThe hunt for Bin Laden in the mountains of Afghanistan; a Ku Klux Klan trial in 1965; the siege of Kut in World War 1; an unexpected alliance in 1980s Britain with Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners; and seminal alternative rock band the Velvet Underground's first gig.
(Photo: Afghan fighters look out over a smoking valley after a US B-52 aircraft bombed a front line position in the mountains of Tora Bora in north-eastern Afghanistan. Credit: Associated Press)The hunt for Bin Laden, a KKK trial, the siege of Kut, and the Velvet Underground.The hunt for Bin Laden in the mountains of Afghanistan; a Ku Klux Klan trial in 1965; the siege of Kut in World War 1; an unexpected alliance in 1980s Britain with Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners; and seminal alternative rock band the Velvet Underground's first gig.
(Photo: Afghan fighters look out over a smoking valley after a US B-52 aircraft bombed a front line position in the mountains of Tora Bora in north-eastern Afghanistan. Credit: Associated Press)Sat, 12 Dec 2015 09:00:00 +00003010urn:bbc:podcast:p0396z07http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0396z07cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p0396z07The Amman BombingsSuicide bombings in Amman; a massacre in East Timor that was a turning point on the road to independence; the fall of the Taliban; anti-Sikh riots in India; and the BBC's first wildlife broadcasterSuicide bombings in Amman; a massacre in East Timor; and the fall of the TalibanSuicide bombings in Amman; a massacre in East Timor that was a turning point on the road to independence; the fall of the Taliban; anti-Sikh riots in India; and the BBC's first wildlife broadcasterSat, 14 Nov 2015 17:19:00 +00003013urn:bbc:podcast:p037kmd4http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p037kmd4cleanBBC World Service/programmes/p037kmd4The Death of Rock HudsonAngie Dickinson remembers her friend, the Hollywood superstar who became the most high profile celebrity to acknowledge he was suffering from Aids; plus one of the founding members of Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club, the Danish cartoon controversy, remembering Kabul's musicians' quarter and the birth of Karaoke.
Photo: Rock Hudson at the BBC.A Hollywood star dies of Aids, plus Buena Vista Social Club, Danish cartoons and Karaoke.Angie Dickinson remembers her friend, the Hollywood superstar who became the most high profile celebrity to acknowledge he was suffering from Aids; plus one of the founding members of Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club, the Danish cartoon controversy, remembering Kabul's musicians' quarter and the birth of Karaoke.
Photo: Rock Hudson at the BBC.Sat, 03 Oct 2015 08:06:00 +00003033urn:bbc:podcast:p033n9sghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p033n9sgcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p033n9sgKorea DividedIn this programme: Korea split along the 38th parallel, child prisoners of the Japanese during World War Two, the notorious Devil's Island penal colony, the man who published Harry Potter and Sue the T-Rex skeleton.
Photo: Korea 38th parallel Credit: AFPKorea split after World War Two, the penal colony Devil's Island and Harry PotterIn this programme: Korea split along the 38th parallel, child prisoners of the Japanese during World War Two, the notorious Devil's Island penal colony, the man who published Harry Potter and Sue the T-Rex skeleton.
Photo: Korea 38th parallel Credit: AFPSat, 15 Aug 2015 09:00:00 +00002974urn:bbc:podcast:p02yk8jvhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02yk8jvcleanBBC World Service/programmes/p02yk8jv